Trump's sudden shift on weapons for Ukraine takes the war
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the European Union’s top diplomat that Beijing can’t accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine as this could allow the United States to turn its full attention to China,
Donald Trump now believes a Russian victory in Ukraine would make the US appear weak in the eyes of China, experts said. It comes after the US president dramatically overrode a Pentagon order to halt deliveries of air defence missiles to Kyiv at a time when Ukraine was suffering its heaviest bombardment since Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion began in February 2022.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused China of deeper involvement in Russia's invasion than it is letting on. Beijing has repeatedly said China is not a party to or participant in the Ukraine war, and does not provide weapons to either side.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Malaysia to address rising tensions over Russia's actions in Ukraine. The talks occur amidst heightened US-China trade disputes and efforts to bolster Indo-Pacific relations.
Ukraine has detained a Chinese man and his son and accused them of trying to smuggle info on a guided missile system back to Beijing.
Donald Trump threatened Vladimir Putin he would ‘bomb the s*** out of Moscow’ if he invaded Ukraine, leaked audio has revealed. According to the US President’s telling, a shocked Putin replied ‘no way’ butTrump said ‘way’ in an almost playground-style argument.
"The ultimate destination for any conflict is the negotiating table," he said. The ongoing direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul, where consensus has been reached on issues including prisoner exchanges, constitute an important step, creating favorable conditions for establishing peace.
In February, Chinese officials floated the idea of Xi Jinping hosting a peace summit with President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Team Trump wisely rejected Xi as an intermediary, given the growing military and economic alliance between Moscow and Beijing.
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Trump has sought to decrease diplomatic tensions with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid his war with Ukraine, while engaging in more aggressive trade negotiations with China.
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In a development that could reshape US foreign trade policy and geopolitical alignments, US President Donald Trump has backed a Senate bill proposing
A Chinese official told the EU's top diplomat that Beijing cannot accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine, contradicting Beijing’s public position of neutrality in the conflict.