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Posters urging South Koreans to join Ukraine war slammed as ‘Russian hoax’
Images of the posters posted online tout benefits including high wages and ‘the legal right to kill North Koreans’
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An advertisement offering lucrative pay and citizenship to South Koreans willing to join Ukraine’s army has been rejected by Kyiv as a “Russian hoax”, even as Seoul confirmed for the first time the death of a citizen who fought against Moscow in the long-running war.
The conflict-stricken nation’s response came after photographs of posters plastered on a lamp post in Seongnam, South Korea’s Gyeonggi province, circulated online, detailing supposed enlistment benefits including high wages and choice of battalion.
The flyers also touted another perk: “the legal right to kill North Koreans”.
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The materials featured contact information for the Ukrainian embassy in Seoul, which said some South Koreans had reached out to the mission after seeing the posters.
Ukraine’s foreign ministry quickly distanced itself from the images, denouncing them as a part of Moscow’s “disinformation campaign”.
“We officially refute this next Russian hoax – neither the Ukrainian foreign ministry nor the Ukrainian embassy in the Republic of Korea distributed such leaflets,” ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi said, as quoted by The Korea Herald.
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