From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 by Alina HrytsenkoPhD, senior consultant at the National Institute for Strategic Studies, analyst at the Centre for Countering Disinformation
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 led to the Republic of Korea (ROK) joining international efforts to impose unprecedented and harsh sanctions against Russia.
The ROK, sympathetic to Ukraine’s predicament, has been providing Ukraine with humanitarian aid and nonlethal military supplies, such as helmets and mine detectors, but has refrained from providing direct lethal assets to the country due to domestic and diplomatic constraints. Ukraine’s military, however, appears to be using 155mm shells that have been indirectly supplied by South Korea through Poland.
As the Russian-Ukrainian war rages in its third year, there is growing recognition that its outcome could have ripple effects well beyond its regional theater. It is not simply a military confrontation between two countries but is directly connected to international politics across the board, as well as security in other areas. In this case, a situation in Eurasian geopolitics is closely linked with the security situation on the Korean Peninsula.
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