Within 24 hours, both North and South Korea have made big moves, and Yoon Suk-yeol has made a major mistake, which may cause South Korea to change from active to passive, what did he do?
A few days ago, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova responded to South Korea's sanctions on Russian ships. Not long ago, South Korea imposed sanctions on two Russian ships for "transporting military supplies to North Korea", in addition to South Korea also launched sanctions against two Russian organizations and two Russian citizens for "being related to North Korea's nuclear and missile program". In response, Zakharova said that South Korea's decision is an "unfriendly" move that will have a negative impact on Russian-South Korean relations. Just a day before Zakharova's response, there were big moves on both sides of the Korean Peninsula.
On the same day, the United States, Japan, and the ROK conducted their third joint air exercise over the high seas southeast of Jeju in South Korea, with the ROK dispatching F-15K fighters, Japan dispatching F-2 fighters, and the United States dispatching B-52H strategic bombers and F-16 fighters, forming a situation in which the three countries outflanked the Korean Peninsula. On the same day, North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un guided the test launch of North Korea's new medium- and long-range solid-fuel missile, the Hwasong-16B.
Similar scenes have occurred more than once on the Korean Peninsula in recent years. The United States and South Korea, or the United States, Japan, and South Korea, conduct joint exercises with the intent of threatening North Korea with a powerful and advanced military force, while North Korea displays its strategic strike force and demonstrates that it will defend its national security and dignity with nuclear weapons. In recent years, the situation on the Korean Peninsula has spiraled in an escalating manner under such constant displays of strength by both sides. In this process, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has a lot of responsibility. Although Zakharova stressed that "South Korea obviously lacks the ability to protect itself from Washington's influence," without Yoon Suk-yeol's subjective support, even if the United States wants to carry out military deterrence against North Korea, it will be difficult to carry out such a comprehensive development because of logistical problems, so the Biden administration failed to launch such a strategic deterrence against North Korea during the period of former South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
Therefore, Zakharova's statement is not only a warning to South Korea against her, but also a warning to South Korea not to become a strategic vassal of the United States, which is also the last goodwill that Russia can show to South Korea at present.
Objectively speaking, Russia does not want to be an enemy of South Korea. Back at the beginning of last year, US President Joe Biden tried to enlist artillery support from South Korea for Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned South Korea for the first time, and as a result, Yoon Suk-yeol politely rejected Biden. And if Russia and South Korea fall out, it will not be beneficial to either side.
However, Yoon Suk-yeol is in step with Biden on the Korean Peninsula issue, and he has no choice but to talk about North Korea and simply take Russia out of anger.
After Kim Jong-un's visit to Russia last year, Russian-DPRK relations have escalated. After that, Yoon Suk-yeol should have a dialogue with the Russian side, after all, the pace of Russia and North Korea has not yet been completely unified, so it can still ensure that the relationship between Russia and South Korea is not particularly bad at the moment when the situation on the peninsula is dangerous, which is beneficial to South Korea, but South Korea wants to launch an "unfriendly" move against Russia, which is likely to promote the complete united front of Russia and North Korea.