South Korea will increase military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine

South Korea will increase the amount of military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, and this year they will amount to 150 million dollars. This was stated by the President of South Korea, Yoon Seok-yeol, at a briefing after talks with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.

“Last year, we provided bulletproof vests, helmets, and other necessary ammunition. We hope that this year the level of our assistance will be much greater,” Yoon Seok Yeol said. He noted that last year, South Korea allocated 100 million dollars to Ukraine.

South Korea also plans to increase assistance to Ukraine in restoring the education system. “Last year, we decided to help restore destroyed schools. We would also like to provide Ukraine with support for future generations through the scholarship of the two presidents,” Yoon Seok Yeol said.

Volodymyr Zelenskyi noted, that this is the first visit in history by the leader of South Korea to Ukraine. Yoon Sok Yeol and his wife, together with the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, visited Buche and Irpen in the Kyiv region. In these cities, after the withdrawal of the Russian army, cases of mass murder of the civilian population were recorded, after which Russia was accused of war crimes. Moscow denies the charges.

“The President of the Republic of Korea was today in Bucha and Irpen and saw with his own eyes the consequences of the Russian occupation. But Bucha and Irpen are only two of the thousands of Ukrainian cities that have been hit by Russian terror. The scale of the suffering and destruction caused by Russia is colossal. Consequently, it must be colossal and the scale of global cooperation to restore security and guarantee a stable peace,” Zelensky wrote.