{"id":26712,"date":"2026-08-11T03:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T03:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/26712\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T03:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T03:38:17","slug":"south-korea-faces-quandary-over-ukraines-air-defence-system-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/26712\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea faces quandary over Ukraine\u2019s air defence system request"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Korea<\/a> may have been steadfast in its support for Ukraine<\/a> against Russian and North Korean forces, but Kyiv\u2019s request for air defence systems could prove to be a step too far for Seoul to accept.In addition to South Korea\u2019s legal and policy limits on arms transfers to countries at war and its own defence needs, providing such weapons to Ukraine could further strain its ties with Russia<\/a>, according to analysts.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> has urged South Korea to provide air defence systems to his forces, warning that North Korea<\/a> is gaining valuable battlefield experience from its involvement in the war and obtaining advanced military technology from Russia, which could pose a growing threat to Asian countries.<\/p>\n

In a social media post on Saturday, Zelensky warned that \u201ca decision has been made for 30,000 to 50,000 North Koreans to be deployed on the territory of Russia\u201d, a figure higher than his earlier estimate of 30,000 made in July. He provided no further details.<\/p>\n

Therefore, South Korea \u201cshould have closer cooperation with Ukraine\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

Zelensky said: \u201cWe would very much like to receive support from South Korea in the form of what we lack \u2013 air defence systems.\u201d In return, Ukraine could help South Korea with drone technology, among other things, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Korea may have been steadfast in its support for Ukraine against Russian and North Korean forces, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9526,7348,158,38,66,5265,7354,25,9527,4271,26,7293,35],"class_list":["post-26712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-cheongung-ii","tag-kim-jong-un","tag-kyiv","tag-moscow","tag-nato","tag-north-korea","tag-pyongyang","tag-russia","tag-seoul","tag-south-korea","tag-ukraine","tag-united-arab-emirates","tag-volodymyr-zelensky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}