Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question regarding statements by President of South Korea Yoon Suk-yeol in the context of Ukraine
20 April 2023 01:02
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Question: Can you comment on the statements made by President of South Korea Yoon Suk-yeol regarding the potential supply of weapons to Ukraine?
Maria Zakharova: Russia is conducting defensive operations against the collective West, which has chosen the puppet regime in Kiev for its proxy war against us. In this situation, we regard any arms deliveries to Ukraine, wherever they come from, as an openly hostile anti-Russia action. Such moves will have an extremely negative effect on our relations with the countries that make them, which we will consider when formulating Russia's stance on issues related to the fundamental security interests of the countries concerned. In the case of South Korea, it may concern our approaches to a settlement on the Korean Peninsula.
The Russian Armed Forces deliver precision strikes exclusively at miliary targets, not civilian infrastructure facilities. As for concerns over civilian casualties, regrettably, it is a reality the people of Donbass came against back in 2014, when they were attacked by the gang that had seized power in Kiev. It is one of the main causes of the current crisis. We have not seen any sympathy for those casualties on the part of the collective West, including Seoul.
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