According to South Korean broadcaster SBS, the Ukrainian delegation did not ask for weapons to be provided for free, but instead sought to purchase them. However, the South Korean government responded by expressing its reluctance.

US officials stress Russia’s sole responsibility for deployment of North Korean troops in its war of aggression with Ukraine

South Korea’s president has met a visiting Ukraine delegation and called for a joint response to the threat posed by North Korea’s recent dispatch of more than 10,000 soldiers to support Russia’s war against Ukraine.