Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned China in a newspaper interview on Monday against supporting Russia in its war on Ukraine and said doing so would bring on a world war.
Zelenskiy's comments came as China said that the United States was in no position to make demands, after the top U.S. diplomat warned his Chinese counterpart at the weekend against China providing weapons to Russia in its war in Ukraine.
"For us, it is important that China does not support the Russian Federation in this war," Zelenskiy told German daily Die Welt. "In fact, I would like it to be on our side. At the moment, however, I don't think it's possible."
"But I do see an opportunity for China to make a pragmatic assessment of what is happening here," he added. "Because if China allies itself with Russia, there will be a world war, and I do think that China is aware of that."
Zelensky's comment follows US warning U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday warned top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi of consequences should China provide material support to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying in an interview after the two met that Washington was concerned Beijing was considering supplying weapons to Moscow.
Putin: lol the two greatest nations in the world have come together to stomp you. We have NUKES. What do you have? Zelensky: LOL I GOT AN AMERICA ON MY SIDE
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End of passion play, crumbling away I'm your source of self-destruction
U.S. ambassador to U.N. warns China would be crossing a red line if it provides weapons to Russia
Washington: China would cross a red line if it provided lethal aid to Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. U.S. ambassador to the United Nations warned Sunday. We welcome the Chinese announcement that they want peace because thats what we always want to pursue in situations like this. But we also have to be clear that if there are any thoughts and efforts by the Chinese and others to provide lethal support to the Russians in their brutal attack against Ukraine, that is unacceptable, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told CNNs Pamela Brown on State of the Union. That would be a red line,
However, Beijing on Monday slammed what it called false claims by the United States that China is considering arming Russia in its war against Ukraine. We do not accept the United States finger-pointing on China-Russia relations, let alone coercion and pressure, foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a regular briefing, accusing Washington of spreading false information. The U.S. believes China may be providing nonlethal military assistance to Russia for use in Ukraine, nbcnews quoted four U.S. officials familiar with the matter as saying on Sunday. The officials declined to provide specifics about the nonlethal military assistance but said it could include gear for the spring offensive, such as uniforms or even body armour, it said. While China has provided some help to Russia, including parroting Russian disinformation campaigns about the war and promoting Russian false pretexts for the war, this is more tangible assistance for Russian troops in Ukraine, sources familiar with the matter told nbcnews.
I know Zelensky's trying to rally support and he's doing a good job. However, it doesn't make any sense that China would throw their weight behind a country that not only is losing badly, but also has seen their reputation and economy go down the toilet.
China is somewhat tolerated in the world stage right now, even though a lot of Southeast Asian countries hate them. Do they want the entire WORLD to hate them along with Russia, Iran and North Korea? What would China get out of giving Russia weapons to use in Ukraine? Their useless promises of money and/or good will?