Russians have a big problem: what will Putin ask Xi Jinping to do?

What Putin will ask Xi Jinping/Collage 24 Channel

Vladimir Putin has already arrived in China to meet with Xi Jinping. The Russian dictator and the Chinese president will discuss possible US sanctions, and Putin will also turn to Xi for help with solutions to the problem.

This opinion 24 Channelsaid military expert, instructor pilot and reserve colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Roman Svitan, noting that the Russians need a break from the war to recuperate. The occupiers suffer due to a lack of military equipment.

Problems of the Russians

According to Svitan, Putin will ask Xi for supplies of weapons and even equipment. The Russians are running out of Soviet equipment for the war. This is why the Russians cannot launch offensive actions closer to Kharkov and Summy. China is already supplying ATVs to Russia.

“Military equipment will follow the ATVs,” the military expert emphasized.

Putin, according to Svitan, will beg Xi to do everything possible to stop the fighting, because Russia will not be able to continue offensive operations in the Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions.

They (Russians – Channel 24) need 3-4 months to recuperate, noted the military expert.

According to Svitan, after Putin Xi will return to the Kremlin and say that they “discussed peace initiatives,” playing along with the Russian dictator.

They will think about how to circumvent sanctions

Antony Blinken’s recent diplomatic visit to China ended with the US Secretary of State reporting the possibility of imposing sanctions against Beijing due to cooperation with Russia.

Now they and Putin will figure out how to get around these sanctions, noted the military expert.

Svitan added that these sanctions will not work until Russia is declared a country sponsor of terrorism and sanctions are imposed on all structures with which it cooperates.

Meeting between Putin and Xi Jinping: what is known

• Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in China on May 16 on an official visit and began “informal negotiations.” As previously stated in Russia, the Russian dictator arrived in China to hold one-on-one talks with Xi Jinping.
• Xi Jinping assured Putin during the negotiations that ” “I am ready to work with him to keep bilateral relations in the right direction of development and develop new plans for cooperation.” They signed a joint statement on deepening relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation.
• The Russian dictator said during the visit that “the Russian and the Chinese are brothers forever.” According to Putin, this phrase “has become a catchphrase.”