“Trump’s victory will force South Korea to review plans to supply weapons to the Armed Forces — Bloomberg November 14, 09:24 Share: South Korea (Photo: REUTERS/Carlos Barria) Donald Trump’s election victory will force South Korea to reconsider the possibility of sending weapons to Ukraine, reports Bloomberg from citing an anonymous official. According to the official, President Yoon Suk-yeol’s government should consider the position of the newly elected US president regarding a possible refusal”, — write on: ua.news
South Korea (Photo: REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
The victory of Donald Trump in the elections will force South Korea to reconsider the possibility of sending weapons to Ukraine, reports Bloomberg citing an anonymous official.
According to the official, the government of President Yoon Suk-yeol should consider the position of the newly elected US president regarding the possible refusal of further aid to Kyiv.
Another government official said Seoul is also looking at how Trump’s approach to the war will affect support for Ukraine among a number of countries.
The publication notes that South Korea is unlikely to supply ammunition to Ukraine unless North Korea takes further action or there is no more clarity on Trump’s position on Ukraine.
Seoul said the government would consider possible scenarios of military cooperation between Russia and North Korea and adopt countermeasures.
Trump’s “peace plan” for Ukraine – what is known
On November 6, The Wall Street Journal reported that Donald Trump’s advisers put forward different versions of the plan to actually freeze the front line in Ukraine. One of them provides for Ukraine’s refusal to join NATO for 20 years.
According to the publication, this plan includes freezing the front line and creating an 800-mile demilitarized zone (almost 1300 km). In addition, it provides for Russia to leave approximately 20% of the territory of Ukraine, which the aggressor country seized.
On November 7, it was reported that the Office of the President of Ukraine doubted the authenticity of this plan.
“In general, we can say that the real plans of presidents are hardly announced in newspapers. And there are always a lot of Russian interjections in the newspapers,” Dmytro Lytvyn, adviser to the president of Ukraine on communication, commented on the publication.
The Economist reported that officials in Ukraine rely on two public formulations of Donald Trump’s “peace plan”.
For its part, The Telegraph reported that Trump’s plan may involve placing European and British troops in a 1,200-kilometer buffer zone between the Russian and Ukrainian armies.
The first, associated with Trump’s vice-presidential nominee JD Vance, involves freezing the conflict along current lines and forcing Ukraine into neutrality with no apparent security guarantees or restrictions on Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
The second plan, which Ukraine allegedly prefers, voiced by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the Wall Street Journal, is to increase support for Ukraine as a deterrent to the Russian Federation, while keeping the prospect of NATO membership open. On November 10, Trump announced that he would not invite Pompeo to his administration.
The Telegraph reported that Trump’s plan could involve placing European and British troops in a 1,200-kilometer buffer zone between the Russian and Ukrainian armies.