‘Very clear that China isn’t neutral’ in Ukraine war, says former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk
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Speaking at a public event at Chatham House, Yatsenyuk also suggested it was unrealistic that Ukraine could regain territory ‘right now’ and called for additional financial support.

cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/12334032

Ukraine’s former prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that Chinese support for Russia was helping it to continue the Ukraine war as he discussed the war’s trajectory at Chatham House on Tuesday 3 November.

Yatsenyuk said that while the Russian economy is in a ‘dire state’, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin still has ‘enough resources to prosecute the war.’ He said the reasons for this included higher oil prices due to the Iran war and Chinese support for Russia.

Yatsenyuk said:

‘I want to be very clear that China isn’t neutral. China actually supports this war, and China is an ally to Russia. Let’s call a spade a spade."

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“The truth is that China is actually the closest strategic partner to the Russian Federation, and China provided the way to circumvent sanctions for Russia.”

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He said if the Ukrainian state is preserved, the war ends and various other conditions are met, including Ukraine getting ‘something similar to the Marshall Plan’, then ‘the time will come when Ukraine will regain its complete territorial independency.’

He said he disagreed with the framing of the war as ‘Putin’s war against Ukraine’: ‘This is the war of the Russian people who support Putin against an independent and sovereign nation, which is Ukraine.’

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  • EheranEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    What a super od thing to say. China has tons of borders, not to mention that a naval blockade is hardly possible. But that is supposed to be the reason Ukraine has to somehow make China und the USA get along better? Because then China magically decides to… make Russia stop?

    • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
      23·
      2 days ago

      China has tons of borders

      Which other country could offer China the food and resources? Pakistan brings a port but that’s not secure enough to feed a country.

      that a naval blockade is hardly possible

      Why? The Wikipedia article sounds different to me.

      For the United States, the island chain strategy is a significant part of the force projection of the U.S. military in the Far East.

      Because then China magically decides to… make Russia stop?

      The other way around. China supports Russia for their own security. If China is secure they don’t need Russia to win and they will stop their support so Russia can’t keep fighting.

      • EheranEnglish
        2·
        20 hours ago

        You don’t have to border a county that can supply everything they need itself. All it needs to do is allow shipments through. Blockading China is laughable.

        And that is before we recognize China for what they are in terms of production capacity for everything on the planet.

        • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
          2·
          18 hours ago

          All it needs to do is allow shipments through.

          After Iran the US military doesn’t look as strong as before but why do you think that the US cannot enforce a naval blockade against China?

          production capacity for everything on the planet.

          Which is useless if they don’t have enough food.