South Korea denied sending hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine

According to the report of Fars International News Agency, South Korea’s Ministry of Defense reacted to the Washington Post’s report that Seoul has indirectly sent more military ammunition to Ukraine than all European countries.

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The Ministry of Defense of South Korea said in a statement that Seoul has not equipped Ukraine with lethal weapons. He said: “The position of our country regarding the Ukrainian regiment has not changed one bit. And as we have said many times, our armed forces only provide humanitarian aid and military items. Seoul is now equipping Ukraine with non-lethal equipment such as its own helmets, first aid kits and mine detection devices.”

The Washington Post reported on Monday that South Korea has since the beginning of this year. Miliad has started sending cannonballs to Ukraine in such a way that until now it has sent more ammunition to Ukraine than the total of all European countries.

The South Korean army has large amounts of American ammunition, which the country’s laws do not allow to send to war zones.

According to the Washington Post, the Pentagon had calculated that if Seoul was convinced, South Korea could deliver 330,000 155mm artillery shells to Ukraine by air and sea within 41 days. send it.

Dong A Ilbo newspaper also reported last spring that South Korea plans to lend 500,000 155 mm artillery shells to the United States to replenish its ammunition reserves. which he had sent to Ukraine to revive. This newspaper assumes that Seoul intends to give these bullets to America, and America will give them to Ukraine to solve the problem of providing South Korea’s license.

In April A confidential document showed that Kim Song Han, the head of South Korea’s National Security Agency, proposed to give 330,000 artillery shells to Poland instead of sending them directly to Ukraine.

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