- According to Ukraine’s intelligence services, the Kremlin is “completely angry with China for its stance and lack of support” after Xi’s visit, said a Ukrainian minister.
- Kuleba explained that Beijing “will not allow Russia to collapse” but “needs a weak Russia to make concessions to China by supplying raw materials”.
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Kuleba indicated that the Chinese authorities are still studying whether to become a mediator that would end the war, or to support Russia more forcefully, and whether the time has come for Beijing to play an important role in this conflict.
The Financial Times says so Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited Chinese leader Xi Jinping to visit KievBut Beijing has not responded to this request so far.
During a recent visit to Moscow, Xi announced this China has a peace plan for Ukraine and RussiaBut, as the British daily writes, Western countries are skeptical of Beijing’s aspirations to play the role of mediator. However, Kiev is interested in involving the Chinese authorities in the negotiations.
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Kuleba told the Financial Times that Chinese Foreign Minister Chen Gang had recently assured him that China would not supply weapons to Russia.
The Ukrainian minister said that the Kremlin, according to Ukraine’s intelligence services, is “completely angry with China for its stance and lack of support” after Xi’s visit.
Kuleba explained that Beijing “will not allow Russia to collapse,” but “needs a weak Russia to make concessions to China by supplying it with raw materials.”
Ukraine is preparing for a major counterattack this spring, however, the head of Ukrainian diplomacy warned that this counterattack should not be presented as an absolute turning point in the war, because if this operation does not succeed, such a narrative will strengthen the position of those Western politicians, who want to impress Kiev with “a settlement with Moscow,” according to the “Financial Times.”
Kuleba stated that in every country that currently supports Ukraine, there are politicians who want to put pressure on their government to reduce aid to Kiev, and on the Ukrainian authorities to agree to an armistice.
In response to a question about whether Western countries limit their aid to Ukraine for fear of escalating the conflict with Russia, the minister replied that “the escalation is a pretext, not an argument.” Initially, any request from Ukraine for more technologically advanced weapons was denied for fear of such an escalation. This argument, Koleba explained, “never worked”.
HIMARS takes out the Russians, but the Americans have some concerns
The newspaper states that the United States has not yet agreed to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles for the American HIMARS missile launchers, for fear of using them to carry out attacks in Russia. Kiev confirms that it needs weapons that allow it to strike targets such as control centers, weapons depots, and military concentration points, because Russia has transferred them to the interior, beyond the range of weapons that the Ukrainian army now possesses.
On Tuesday, the Financial Times reported that Xi’s visit to Moscow would lead to a mutually beneficial agreement under which Russia would provide raw materials to China in return for Beijing’s positive attitude toward the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine and help mitigate the effects of Western sanctions. .
Moscow accepts economic dependence on China, seeing it as a condition for victory in the war with Ukraine. For the Kremlin, Beijing is also the most important partner in helping Russia survive the economic consequences of Western sanctions. The newspaper stressed that the value of bilateral trade between the two countries last year reached a record level of $190 billion, and in January Russia became the largest exporter of natural gas to the Chinese market. Perhaps the main topic of Xi’s talks with Putin was the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline project. The implementation of this project aims to help Russia redirect surplus gas to China, which is no longer available for sale in Europe.
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