Putin Threatens South Korea with Retaliatory Measures

... is "seriously concerned and condemns the signing of the agreement." On June 21, Russian Ambassador Georgy Zinovyev was summoned to South Korea's Foreign Ministry, where he was informed that military cooperation between North Korea and Russia violates UN Security Council resolutions and negatively impacts regional stability as well as Russian-Korean relations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on June 20 that South Korea's decision to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine would be a "very big mistake" and threatened retaliatory measures that, according to him, would hardly be welcome by South Korea's current leadership.