During a visit by Kyiv's senior general to the frontline town of Bakhmut, where Ukrainian defenders were resisting relentless attacks, the United States warned China of significant repercussions if it sent weapons to back Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
With public statements expressing their concern that Beijing is considering contributing lethal weaponry, maybe including drones, for Moscow's war, Washington and its NATO partners are frantically trying to convince China to stay out of it.
As Kyiv gets ready for a counteroffensive with cutting-edge Western armaments, including battle tanks, and as Moscow's forces struggle to advance around key objectives in eastern Ukraine, Western nations are growing concerned that China may be arming Russia.
“Beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds, whether it provides military assistance — but if it goes down that road it will come at real costs to China,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN’s “State of the Union” program.
Meanwhile, Beijing has refused to condemn Moscow’s attack on Ukraine, most recently at a meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20) in India on Saturday. It published a cease-fire proposal on Friday, the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the offer was met with skepticism among Ukraine’s Western allies.
With public statements expressing their concern that Beijing is considering contributing lethal weaponry, maybe including drones, for Moscow's war, Washington and its NATO partners are frantically trying to convince China to stay out of it.
As Kyiv gets ready for a counteroffensive with cutting-edge Western armaments, including battle tanks, and as Moscow's forces struggle to advance around key objectives in eastern Ukraine, Western nations are growing concerned that China may be arming Russia.
“Beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds, whether it provides military assistance — but if it goes down that road it will come at real costs to China,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN’s “State of the Union” program.
Meanwhile, Beijing has refused to condemn Moscow’s attack on Ukraine, most recently at a meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20) in India on Saturday. It published a cease-fire proposal on Friday, the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the offer was met with skepticism among Ukraine’s Western allies.
