Any decision of her South Korea to equip her with weapons Ukraine will make Seoul a party to the conflict, the Kremlin.

South Korea has denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and provided financial and humanitarian aid to Kiev, but unlike the United States and European allies it has so far refrained from sending weapons.

In an interview with Reuters on Tuesday ahead of a visit to Washington next week, South Korean President Un Suk-yeol said Seoul would consider sending weapons to Kiev in the event of a major new attack on Ukrainian civilians.

“Unfortunately, Seoul has taken a rather hostile stance throughout history,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

“They will try to draw more and more countries directly into this conflict. But, of course, the start of arms delivery will indirectly mean a certain stage of involvement in this conflict,” he added.

The former president of Russia Dmitry Medvedeva close associate of President Vladimir Putin, who often makes bellicose comments about Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, hinted that Moscow will respond by supplying advanced weaponry to North Korea.

“I wonder what the people of this country will say [της Νότιας Κορέας] when they see the latest Russian weapons designs in the hands of their closest neighbors — our North Korean partners,” Medvedev said in an Instagram post.