Putin Warns South Korea Against Supplying Arms to Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin cautioned South Korea against providing arms to Ukraine, warning that it would be a significant mistake. He assured Seoul that there's no threat from the mutual defense agreement between Moscow and North Korea. Putin made these statements during a trip to Vietnam.

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that South Korea would be making "a big mistake" if it decides to supply arms to Ukraine and that Seoul had nothing to worry about when it came to a mutual defence pact between Moscow and North Korea.

Putin, who said Moscow would respond to any such move by South Korea, was speaking to reporters in Vietnam at the end of a two-day trip to Asia. He held talks in North Korea a day earlier.

Yonhap news reported earlier on Thursday that South Korea would review the possibility of supplying weapons to Ukraine, after the leaders of North Korea and Russia signed a pact pledging mutual defence in the event of war.