{"id":783635,"date":"2026-02-23T12:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/783635\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T12:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T12:19:21","slug":"south-korea-asks-russian-embassy-to-remove-giant-victory-banner-as-ukraine-war-anniversary-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/783635\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea asks Russian embassy to remove giant \u2018victory\u2019 banner as Ukraine war anniversary looms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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South Korea<\/a> has asked the Russian embassy in Seoul<\/a> to remove a large banner that read \u201cvictory will be ours\u201d ahead of the fourth anniversary of Moscow\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Korean foreign ministry said it had asked Russian officials in the capital to take down the banner but did not mention if it had received a response.<\/p>\n

Russian president Vladimir Putin<\/a> launched a war against Ukraine on 22 February 2022, which will enter its fifth year on Tuesday. The ministry officials said they are seeking the removal of the banner in line with its position that Moscow\u2019s war on Ukraine is illegal.<\/p>\n

The massive 15-metre banner, in red, blue and white \u2013 the colours of the Russian flag \u2013 had the message displayed in Russian. It was seen hanging from the roof of the embassy\u2019s outer wall in central Seoul and was visible even on Monday, after the ministry\u2019s request.<\/p>\n

\"AA man walks in front of the Russian embassy in Seoul where the banner is displayed (AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cRussia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine constitutes an illegal act\u2026 military cooperation between North Korea and Russia is a clear violation of the UN Charter and UN Security Council resolutions, posing a serious threat to South Korea\u2019s security and therefore must be halted,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The ministry said it will \u201cclosely monitor further developments\u201d around the embassy\u2019s activities, including a pro-war rally, which is likely scheduled for Tuesday when the war enters its fifth year.<\/p>\n

It also flagged the \u201cpublic remarks\u201d by Russian ambassador Georgy Zinoview earlier this month praising the North Korean soldiers for fighting against Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region.<\/p>\n

The ministry called for an end to military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, describing it as a grave threat to South Korea’s security and a violation of the UN Charter and UN Security Council resolutions.<\/p>\n

South Korea has consistently backed Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty against Russian president Putin\u2019s invasion and offered intelligence inputs on North Korean troops participating in the war.<\/p>\n

The country has also joined US-led sanctions against Moscow and shipped humanitarian and financial support to Kyiv but has avoided directly supplying arms to Ukraine in line with its policy of not supplying weapons to countries actively engaged in conflicts.<\/p>\n

However, Seoul is reportedly considering joining Nato\u2019s Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative under which the allies can supply US arms to Kyiv.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[2000,299,657],"class_list":{"0":"post-783635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ukraine","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116119913578601760","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}