South Korea urges Russian embassy to remove 'victory' banner as Ukraine war anniversary nears

People walk past a banner that reads "Victory will be ours," hanging on the exterior of the Russian Embassy, ahead of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Seoul, South Korea, February 23, 2026. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL, Feb 23 (Reuters) - South ⁠Korea has asked the Russian embassy in Seoul to take ⁠down a large banner reading "Victory will be ours", its foreign ‌ministry said, just ahead of this week's fourth anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine.

The ministry said in a statement on Sunday that it had ​conveyed its concerns to the embassy without clarifying ⁠whether it had received ⁠a response.