With Russia's lack of success in its invasion of Ukraine, they are turning to other countries such as China to help aid them. The two have had strong relations with each other as Russia has supplied on average $2 billion worth of arms each year between 2001 and 2010, and $7 billion in 2017.
Now Russia is relying on the support of China to aid them, as they have suffered significant losses of over 9,400 pieces of equipment including more than 1,500 tanks. Russia requested aid from China since the beginning of the war, but China has only sent non-lethal aid. It is believed that China could potentially step in and aid Russia with lethal arms such as attack drones and ammunition.
If China decides to intervene, it could significantly impact the war and potentially prolong it. Additionally, this would significantly impact China's trade relations with many European countries and the United States. The European Union's Foreign-Policy Chief, Josep Borrell, has warned that providing lethal aid would cross a "red line". China's top diplomat Wang Yi, stated that China "will not provide arms to Russia." However, it is known that China regularly sends arms to countries at war. It will be interesting to see how China will proceed in the coming months as the war prolongs.
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China actually just announced that it plans to move into Taiwan by 2027, and after reading this it is starting to scare me that a world war is going to break out if Russia is not out of Ukraine by then. The US will continue to get involved, and will be the next country dragged into all of this. It does surprise me that Russia is "failing" and needs help from China because Russia has always been known for being a quite strong and intimidating military. My guess would be that this is because no one is providing supplies directly to Russia, and they have to receive the supplies from China instead.
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