A possible decision by South Korea to supply weapons to Ukraine would make Seoul a party to the conflict, the Kremlin said today through its spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

South Korea has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and provided financial and humanitarian aid to Kyiv, but — unlike the US and Europeans — has not yet sent weapons there.

In an interview with Reuters on Tuesday ahead of a visit to Washington next week, South Korean President Un Suk-yeol said Seoul would consider sending weapons to Kiev in the event of a major new attack on Ukrainian civilians.

“Unfortunately, Seoul has taken a rather hostile stance,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

“They will try to drag more countries into this conflict. But indirectly, the start of arms deliveries will mean a certain stage of involvement in this conflict,” he added.

For his part, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hinted that Moscow would respond by sending arms to North Korea.

“I wonder what the people of this country (including South Korea) will say when they see the latest developments in Russian weapons in the hands of their closest neighbors, our partners from North Korea,” Medvedev wrote in a post on the social network.

Source: APE-MPE, Reuters.