South Korea to provide Ukraine with 2 Rhino demining vehicles
South Korea to provide Ukraine with 2 Rhino demining vehicles (facebook.com/KoreaDefenseBlog)
South Korea will provide Ukraine with two K600 Rhino minefield breaching vehicles, according to Chosunilbo.
"The government has decided recently to send two minesweepers to Ukraine as soon as possible in addition to an earlier shipment of old mine detectors. This follows an urgent request and President Yoon Suk-yeol's promise to support Ukraine," the statement says.
The Rhino is a minesweeper that either clears up a rear area or clears paths through a minefield on the frontline.
The Korean government will ask Ukraine to use these vehicles only for humanitarian operations.
Ukraine-Korea relations
In a bilateral meeting at the G7 Summit in Hiroshima in May, Yoon promised his Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to send nonlethal equipment and give postwar reconstruction assistance.
During a surprise visit to Ukraine in July, Yoon reaffirmed his promise to send more mine detectors and minesweepers.
Recently, Yoon announced that South Korea would provide Ukraine with assistance worth $2.3 billion for the development of innovative economic projects.
Reuters reported that South Korea would provide financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $394 million next year.
