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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Pjotr Sauer

South Korea mulls aiding Ukraine amid reports North Korea to assist Russia

Yoon Suk Yeol leads a cabinet meeting in Seoul.
President Yoon Suk Yeol. A senior official at his office said Seoul could consider providing both defensive and lethal weapons to Ukraine. Photograph: Yonhap/EPA

South Korea is considering directly supplying weapons to Ukraine as evidence increases that North Korean soldiers are preparing to assist Russia in its war against Ukraine.

South Korea’s spy agency (NIS) said last week that North Korea had shipped 1,500 special forces personnel to Russia’s far east for training and acclimatising at local military bases for future combat alongside Moscow’s troops in Ukraine.

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