South Korea to send weapons to Ukraine through Czech Republic

South Korea will supply Ukraine with weapons worth 75 billion crowns (about $2.9 billion) in transit through the Czech Republic.

These are the Chiron anti-aircraft missile systems and ammunition used to repel attacks by aircraft flying at low altitudes, according to the Czech newspaper Mladá fronta DNES.

The supply, which will be one of the largest during the conflict in Ukraine, is funded by the United States.

The weapon will go to the Czech Republic to the address of "one of the Czech arms companies", then as a gift, it will be sent to Ukraine.

The weapons of South Korea cannot be sent to Ukraine directly because of the official position of Seoul. Back in the spring, South Korea announced that, despite the great interest of Ukraine, it would not supply weapons to the war zone.

“I don’t want to comment on the speculation [that appeared in] the media [about the supply of weapons to Ukraine]. Assistance to Ukraine from the Czech Republic continues. For security reasons, as I said earlier, we will not specify it,” the newspaper quotes the Czech Defence Minister Jana Černochová.