US accuses China of backing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Beijing is “picking a side” and can’t claim to be neutral any more, the US ambassador to NATO tells POLITICO.
China is helping Russia meet its war goals in Ukraine by continuing to sell supplies such as drone technology and gunpowder ingredients to Moscow, the U.S. Ambassador to NATO said in an interview.
"The PRC [People's Republic of China] cannot claim to be entirely neutral in this case, [and] they are in fact picking a side," Julianne Smith told POLITICO on Tuesday. "I think when the PRC tries to portray itself as neutral, when it comes to this war, we don't buy it."
Smith said the United States was "increasingly seeing materiel support" from China to Russia, adding that this equipment — which can have both civilian and military uses — had played a critical role in helping Moscow achieve some of its aims against Ukraine.
Does that make this a proxy war?
Weird to think of Russia as a puppet in a proxy war. They used to be puppet masters but oh how the mighty have fallen.
Putin cares about power. He probably thinks Russia can turn on China and destroy them too.
Not sure why you're getting downvoted.
Surely Putin thinks that. It's not true, but I'm sure he thinks Russia is that powerful.