Cheong Wa Dae denies Ukraine claim that Korea supplied fuel to Russia
Cheong Wa Dae on Wednesday denied accusations by a Ukrainian official that Korea supplied fuel to Russia in spite of its sanctions on Moscow. The response from presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung came a day after Vladyslav Vlasiuk, an adviser to the Ukrainian president on sanctions policy, cited a story in British newspaper The Guardian that over 176,000 tons of fuel were shipped from Korea to Russia via sanctioned tankers in July and August. Vlasiuk wrote on his Facebook page that the alleged findings run counter to Korea's sanctions policy toward Russia and accused Seoul of helping offset Russia's fuel shortages amid the war with Ukraine. "Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, our government has consistently implemented sanctions and export controls against Russia in close cooperation with the international community," Kang said in a written briefing, noting the government had made that position clear in response to The Guardian article. "That a Ukrainian presidential official cited a Guardian article to publicly portray Korea as helping ease Russia's fuel crisis and loss of refining
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