South Korea reconsiders arms aid to Ukraine: Putin says providing arms would be a ”big mistake”

In response to the strengthening of military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, South Korea has taken a strong stance, even going so far as to mention a reconsideration of its policy of providing arms to Ukraine. In response, Russian President Vladimir Putin
"If South Korea supplies lethal weapons to Ukraine, it will be a big mistake," he warned.
The President held a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam on the same day, and commented as above about the South Korean government's announcement that it would "reconsider its previous policy of not providing lethal weapons to Ukraine."
"It would be a very big mistake to send lethal weapons to the combat zone in Ukraine," Putin said. "If that were to happen, we would take a decision.
"Maybe this is a decision that the current leadership of South Korea does not want," he said. On the same day, South Korean Presidential Advisor Chang Ho-jin announced a deal equivalent to a military alliance between Russia and North Korea.
He condemned the signing of the "Strategic Partnership Treaty" (hereinafter referred to as the "Russia-North Korea Treaty") and said, "We plan to reconsider the issue of providing weapons to Ukraine."
Until now, the South Korean government has maintained the principle of not providing lethal weapons to Ukraine. Russia sees this as a "red line" in South Korea-Russia relations.
President Putin signed the Russia-North Korea Treaty in Pyongyang, North Korea, the key point of which is that "if either side is invaded, military assistance will be provided."
Regarding this, President Putin said, "(Because the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Soviet Union and North Korea was already concluded in 1962)
"There is nothing to be done. The old treaty no longer exists, so we have made this treaty," he said. "The crisis on the Korean peninsula has the characteristic of heating up internally, but the treaty with North Korea has made it possible to prevent this from happening again."
"We hope that this will help to contain further escalation of the crisis to some extent," he said.