According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, nuclear exercises will be held in Russia. This means that Vladimir Putin has again taken up nuclear blackmail, despite the warning from the United States and China.
There is a lot of talk in the media space of Ukraine that China is on the side of the Ukrainians in the issue of nuclear blackmailing Russia. Armen Chibukhchan, a journalist and political analyst from the USA, spoke about this Channel 24. In his opinion, this is not true.
Russia and Iran will depend on China
He noted that the war between Russia and Ukraine is gradually turning into a confrontation between the United States and China.
According to him, if China was categorically against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, thenPutin would not start this war.
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“All this was beneficial for China. It knows its strength and its place. Beijing understood that Russia, Turkey and Iran were trying to create a third pole in the world between China and the West And all these countries, especially Russia and Iran, will continue to depend on China., – the journalist is sure.
Relations between China and Russia: important
- Political scientist Taras Zagorodny believes that the visit US President Joe Biden to the capital of Ukraine on February 20 is important in the international political arena. According to him, the US president made it clear to China that supporting Russia in the war against Ukraine is not the best option.
- Recently, the United States expressed concern that Beijing could provide Russia with lethal weapons. Volodymyr Zelensky, in an interview with an Italian publication, stressed that he appealed to the Chinese leaders directly and publicly with a request not to support the Russians in this war. He hopes that Beijing will maintain a pragmatic attitude, otherwise there is a risk of World War III.
- Tomorrow, February 21, Vladimir Putin will deliver a speech to the population of the aggressor country at the federal assembly. Russian opposition politician Gennady Gudkov does not expect serious statements from the head of the Kremlin. In his opinion, Xi Jinping has already sent a signal to Putin at the Munich Conference through his representative not to even think about nuclear weapons, because China does not like it.
- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi During a speech at the The Munich Security Conference noted that the Chinese position on Russia's war against Ukraine is the need to start peace talks. Wang Yi noted that China will prepare an official position of the PRC on the political settlement of the crisis in Ukraine.
