“will push”
If Ukraine loses to Russia under Bakhmut (Artemovsk), Moscow will begin to seek international support to demand Kiev to conclude an agreement with “unacceptable concessions”. In an interview with the agency Associated press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
“Putin will “sell” this victory to the West, his own society, China, Iran. If he feels blood, if he feels we are weak, he will succeed, he will succeed,” he said.
According to Zelensky, if the Ukrainian Armed Forces are defeated in Bakhmut, Ukrainian society and Ukraine’s foreign partners will begin to force the country’s authorities to compromise with the Kremlin.
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian army continues to fight near Artemovsk (Bakhmut). According to him, the Russian army shows miracles of heroism in fierce city battles. He added that the Kremlin wishes success to the army of the Russian Federation, which continues hostilities,
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In addition, Zelensky said that he invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Ukraine.
“We are ready to see him here,” he said. According to the Ukrainian president, he met with Xi for the last time before hostilities broke out – they had not been in contact for more than a year.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning told the AP that Beijing is in contact with all parties in the Ukraine conflict. At the same time, he had trouble commenting on Zelensky’s invitation.
“On Ukraine, China maintains its contacts with all relevant parties, including Ukraine. “I have no information to provide regarding your question,” said the Chinese diplomat.
On September 21, 2022, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Chinese government called for respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all parties.
From beginning to end, we advocated respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all parties, respecting the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and also urged attention to the concerns of each of the parties in the field of security,” said Wang Wenbin, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
A similar statement was made by China’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Zhang Jun, on September 27. “Our position on how the conflict in Ukraine should be viewed has not changed and is clear – the sovereignty and territorial integrity of countries must be respected,” he said at the meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Ukraine.
Finally, on November 18, Xi Jinping called for respect for the territorial integrity of all countries in the world.
“We must strictly adhere to the concept of common, common, sustainable and cooperative security, respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, and not interfere in the internal affairs of other states,” the Chinese leader said.
On February 24, 2023, China submitted a 12-point peace plan. The document includes calls for an early resumption of dialogue between the Russian and Ukrainian sides, as well as ceasefires and conflicts that prevented the crisis in Ukraine from escalating.
On March 28, Politico published an article suggesting that China and the United States are competing to create their own global power blocs, and both are taking advantage of the same pressure point, the conflict in Ukraine.
“Chinese leader Xi Jinping spent three days in Russia last week, reinforcing his ‘boundless’ partnership with Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Tuesday, US President Joe Biden opened the second Democracy Summit, which aims to bring world leaders together around the principles of freedom, the rule of law and human rights.
According to the paper’s authors, the United States believes the world should unite against China and Russia, but Politico calls the problem in the “Biden alliance of democracies” that Europe is “undecided against China” at best.
On March 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that cooperation between Russia and China does not constitute a military alliance. That day, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow for two-day talks. Putin and Xi discussed, among other issues, the development of the military conflict in Ukraine.