Since the United States has supported it, South Korea has become more and more emboldened. Shortly before that, Russia and North Korea signed a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty, which stipulates that one side will provide assistance in the event of aggression against the other. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken immediately had a telephone conversation with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Chee-yeol, and both sides unanimously condemned the signing of the "Treaty of Mutual Military Assistance" between Russia and the DPRK, holding that it poses a serious threat to peace and stability on the peninsula. In addition, after Putin's visit to the DPRK, the US Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt also arrived at the port of Busan, South Korea. Yonhap News Agency claimed that this was due to the increasing threat from the North Korean side due to the deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, so the US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea to show military strength in response to the strengthening of cooperation between Russia and North Korea.
It is not difficult to see that South Korea is very satisfied with the strong support of the big brother of the United States, but putting aside other factors, the greatest threat to the peninsula is probably not Russia and North Korea, but the United States and South Korea. To this day, the Russian side has always stressed that the "mutual assistance treaty" signed with the DPRK is only defensive in nature and not confrontational, and as long as it does not launch aggression against the parties concerned, then the treaty poses no threat to any country or region. But the United States and South Korea reacted violently as if they had been stepped on by someone's tail, which just shows that they themselves have bad intentions, and now they are shamelessly creating victim designs, and thieves shouting to catch thieves. What is even more interesting is that South Korea, relying on the support of the United States, has not even ignored Putin's ultimatum and insisted on starting a new contest with Russia.
A few days ago, Putin issued a stern warning against South Korea's threats to consider supplying weapons to Ukraine, expressing the hope that Seoul would not make a big mistake, otherwise Moscow would respond at a price it could not afford. Friends who are familiar with Russia know that the fighting nation has always done what it says, and it is estimated that no one will doubt the authenticity of Putin's words. However, as a result, South Korea not only did not confiscate, but took the lead in making trouble. According to Yonhap News Agency, the South Korean government announced that it would include four ships, five entities and eight individuals engaged in arms transportation between North Korea and Russia, supply of refined oil products to North Korea, and North Korea's nuclear and missile research and development work from July 1 on a unilateral sanctions list in response to the strengthening of military cooperation between North Korea and Russia. If I remember correctly, this is South Korea's first sanction move since Putin's visit to North Korea, and to a certain extent, it also shows that South Korea has officially made a statement to Russia, as long as Russia dares to help North Korea, then South Korea will not show Russia a good face.
I have to say that South Korea is really floating, and Putin's good words and persuasion do not mean that Russia will not be serious about South Korea. The sanctions incident also woke up Russia, and Putin gradually discovered that being merciful to his enemies is indeed cruelty to himself. Now even South Korea dares to break ground on Russia's head, and it seems that it has really become a fault for the fighting nation to be merciful for too long. Based on this, Putin finally woke up and said at a recent meeting on shipbuilding issues that he would take the threat to Russia seriously, plan reciprocal countermeasures, and strengthen the country's armed forces and navy. It is clear that Putin has realized that Russia will have a way out only if the country's armed forces are strengthened and the enemy is hurt in the face of provocations. This also just proves that the sentence that dignity is only above the edge of the sword, and truth is only within the range of the cannon, which is true.