Russia accuses South Korea of blackmail and threats over potential weapons supplies to Ukraine

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday accused South Korea of blackmail and threats over potential weapons supplies to Ukraine.

In late June, South Korean National Security Advisor Chang Ho-jin said Seoul might review the possibility of supplying weapons to Ukraine, after North Korea and Russia signed a pact pledging mutual defence in the event of war.

"We very much regret that Seoul's foreign policy uses NATO narratives, blackmail and threatening tactics, which is unacceptable to sovereign states," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters.