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#Beijing Remains Silent Despite Nuclear Pact Signed with #Ukraine
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#Beijing Remains Silent Despite Nuclear Pact Signed with #Ukraine
//On February 27, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin dramatically escalated East-West tensions by ordering Russian nuclear forces put on high alert, while Ukraine’s embattled leader agreed to talks with Moscow as Putin’s troops and tanks drove deeper into the country, closing in around the capital.
Citing “aggressive statements” by NATO and tough financial sanctions, Putin issued a directive to increase the readiness of Russia’s nuclear weapons, raising fears that the invasion of Ukraine could lead to nuclear war, whether by design or mistake.//
However, in 2013, China actually signed a joint declaration with Ukraine to "provide Ukraine nuclear security guarantee when Ukraine encounters an invasion involving nuclear weapons or Ukraine is under threat of a nuclear invasion."
According to a report released by Washington Times in 2013:
//On December 5, 2013 [Ukrainian President] Viktor Yanukovych and President #XiJinping signed a bilateral treaty officially pronouncing that China and Ukraine are now “strategic partners.”
“China pledges unconditionally not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against the nuclear-free Ukraine and China further pledges to provide Ukraine nuclear security guarantee when Ukraine encounters an invasion involving nuclear weapons or Ukraine is under threat of a nuclear invasion,” said a joint statement on the pact.
China’s official media, including Xinhua and Global Times, touted the deal with the headline “China Pledges Nuclear Umbrella to Protect Ukraine.”
Still, the Ukraine-China security pact ignores the elephant in the room, namely, that the country most likely to even contemplate threatening to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine is Russia, China’s other “strategic partner.”
In the hypothetical scenario of a Russian nuclear threat against Moscow’s former satellite Ukraine, would China keep its pledge to confront Moscow with its nuclear weapons?//
On February 27, 2022, the question posed by Washington Times in 2013 has become an actual scenario.
In a report releasedon on February 28, 2022, the same newspaper pointed out China's stance in Russian invasion of Ukraine:
//China has tacitly supported the Russian military operation against Ukraine by not condemning the military operation and repeatedly insisting that Moscow had “legitimate security concerns” with Ukraine and NATO that the U.S. and its allies failed to address. Beijing abstained on a U.N. Security Council measure last week condemning Russia’s actions, a measure that failed when Moscow used its veto.//
Source: Washington Times #Feb28
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https://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/feb/28/putins-war-tests-chinas-nuclear-pact-ukraine/
News Recap from Washington Times, December 12, 2013:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/12/inside-china-ukraine-gets-nuke-umbrella/
#Beijing Remains Silent Despite Nuclear Pact Signed with #Ukraine
//On February 27, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin dramatically escalated East-West tensions by ordering Russian nuclear forces put on high alert, while Ukraine’s embattled leader agreed to talks with Moscow as Putin’s troops and tanks drove deeper into the country, closing in around the capital.
Citing “aggressive statements” by NATO and tough financial sanctions, Putin issued a directive to increase the readiness of Russia’s nuclear weapons, raising fears that the invasion of Ukraine could lead to nuclear war, whether by design or mistake.//
However, in 2013, China actually signed a joint declaration with Ukraine to "provide Ukraine nuclear security guarantee when Ukraine encounters an invasion involving nuclear weapons or Ukraine is under threat of a nuclear invasion."
According to a report released by Washington Times in 2013:
//On December 5, 2013 [Ukrainian President] Viktor Yanukovych and President #XiJinping signed a bilateral treaty officially pronouncing that China and Ukraine are now “strategic partners.”
“China pledges unconditionally not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against the nuclear-free Ukraine and China further pledges to provide Ukraine nuclear security guarantee when Ukraine encounters an invasion involving nuclear weapons or Ukraine is under threat of a nuclear invasion,” said a joint statement on the pact.
China’s official media, including Xinhua and Global Times, touted the deal with the headline “China Pledges Nuclear Umbrella to Protect Ukraine.”
Still, the Ukraine-China security pact ignores the elephant in the room, namely, that the country most likely to even contemplate threatening to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine is Russia, China’s other “strategic partner.”
In the hypothetical scenario of a Russian nuclear threat against Moscow’s former satellite Ukraine, would China keep its pledge to confront Moscow with its nuclear weapons?//
On February 27, 2022, the question posed by Washington Times in 2013 has become an actual scenario.
In a report releasedon on February 28, 2022, the same newspaper pointed out China's stance in Russian invasion of Ukraine:
//China has tacitly supported the Russian military operation against Ukraine by not condemning the military operation and repeatedly insisting that Moscow had “legitimate security concerns” with Ukraine and NATO that the U.S. and its allies failed to address. Beijing abstained on a U.N. Security Council measure last week condemning Russia’s actions, a measure that failed when Moscow used its veto.//
Source: Washington Times #Feb28
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Read the full article:
https://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/feb/28/putins-war-tests-chinas-nuclear-pact-ukraine/
News Recap from Washington Times, December 12, 2013:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/12/inside-china-ukraine-gets-nuke-umbrella/
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Putin’s war tests China’s nuclear pact with Ukraine
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Ukrainians Show Extraordinary Bravery As Unarmed Civilians Try To Stop Russian troops from advancing near Nuclear Plants
Unarmed Ukrainian civilians tried to stop Russian convoys from entering their city as thousands of them worked to form a barricade to hold back Russian forces nearing Enerhodar, where Europe's largest nuclear power plant islocated.
#Video footage posted on social media showed that Ukrainians were building makeshift roadblocks with lorries, scrap cars and piles of tyres.
Thousands of civilians were filmed gathering on the main road leading to the town of Enerhodar, just south of the huge Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is the largest in Europe.
Source: Iyouport; #Mar2
https://t.me/iyouport/9930
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Ukrainians Show Extraordinary Bravery As Unarmed Civilians Try To Stop Russian troops from advancing near Nuclear Plants
Unarmed Ukrainian civilians tried to stop Russian convoys from entering their city as thousands of them worked to form a barricade to hold back Russian forces nearing Enerhodar, where Europe's largest nuclear power plant islocated.
#Video footage posted on social media showed that Ukrainians were building makeshift roadblocks with lorries, scrap cars and piles of tyres.
Thousands of civilians were filmed gathering on the main road leading to the town of Enerhodar, just south of the huge Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is the largest in Europe.
Source: Iyouport; #Mar2
https://t.me/iyouport/9930
#RussianInvasion #NuclearPlant
"Let's have a talk."
Artwork by #AhTo
On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was invaded by Russia.
On 28 February, Moscow called on a 'peace talk' with Ukrainian officials in Belarus. The Ukranian government demanded the Russian forces to cease fire and withdraw, but Russia continues the invasion.
People in Ukraine do not want to give up on their freedon and conitinue to fight for their country.
#StandWithUkraine #FightForFreedom
#RussianInvasion
#Putin
Artwork by #AhTo
On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was invaded by Russia.
On 28 February, Moscow called on a 'peace talk' with Ukrainian officials in Belarus. The Ukranian government demanded the Russian forces to cease fire and withdraw, but Russia continues the invasion.
People in Ukraine do not want to give up on their freedon and conitinue to fight for their country.
#StandWithUkraine #FightForFreedom
#RussianInvasion
#Putin
#EU has ‘very reliable evidence’ #China is considering military support for #Russia
//EU leaders are in possession of "very reliable evidence" that China is considering military assistance to Russia, a senior EU official told POLITICO, threatening potential trade measures if weapons' deliveries go ahead.
It follows a similar warning from U.S. officials earlier this week that the Russian government had asked China for military equipment and other support, as POLITICO and other media outlets reported. A subsequent Financial Times report said China signaled openness to the request.
"EU leaders have very reliable evidence that China is considering providing military aid to Russia. All the leaders are very aware of what’s going on," the senior EU official said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak publicly about confidential information.
"We are concerned about the fact that China is flirting with the Russians," he added. The EU will "impose trade barriers against China" should Beijing proceed with Russia's request, he said, as "this is the only language Beijing understands."//
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https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-has-very-reliable-evidence-china-is-considering-military-aid-for-russia/
Source: Politico #Mar17
#RussianInvasion #Ukraine #Weapon
//EU leaders are in possession of "very reliable evidence" that China is considering military assistance to Russia, a senior EU official told POLITICO, threatening potential trade measures if weapons' deliveries go ahead.
It follows a similar warning from U.S. officials earlier this week that the Russian government had asked China for military equipment and other support, as POLITICO and other media outlets reported. A subsequent Financial Times report said China signaled openness to the request.
"EU leaders have very reliable evidence that China is considering providing military aid to Russia. All the leaders are very aware of what’s going on," the senior EU official said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak publicly about confidential information.
"We are concerned about the fact that China is flirting with the Russians," he added. The EU will "impose trade barriers against China" should Beijing proceed with Russia's request, he said, as "this is the only language Beijing understands."//
Read the full article:
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-has-very-reliable-evidence-china-is-considering-military-aid-for-russia/
Source: Politico #Mar17
#RussianInvasion #Ukraine #Weapon
POLITICO
EU has ‘very reliable evidence’ China is considering military support for Russia
EU official threatens trade measures against Beijing if the arms’ deliveries go ahead.
#Russia Allegedly Move Thousands of #Ukrainians to Russia Against their Will
//An official in Mariupol on Saturday, March 19, 2022 accused Russian forces of having taken thousands of Ukrainians against their will across the border into Russia who he feared could be compelled into forced labor.
Russian forces have taken “between 4,000 and 4,500 #Mariupol residents forcibly across the border to Taganrog,” Pyotr Andryuschenko, an assistant to the city’s mayor, said, referring to a city in southwestern Russia. Given chaos in the city — ongoing fighting, the lack of cellphone and internet service — his claim could not be immediately independently verified, though it was supported by testimony from others who recently fled the city.//
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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/19/world/ukraine-russia-war/a-mariupol-official-accuses-russia-of-forcibly-taking-ukrainians-across-the-border
Source: New York Times #Mar19
#HumanitarianCrisis #WarCrime #RussianInvasion
//An official in Mariupol on Saturday, March 19, 2022 accused Russian forces of having taken thousands of Ukrainians against their will across the border into Russia who he feared could be compelled into forced labor.
Russian forces have taken “between 4,000 and 4,500 #Mariupol residents forcibly across the border to Taganrog,” Pyotr Andryuschenko, an assistant to the city’s mayor, said, referring to a city in southwestern Russia. Given chaos in the city — ongoing fighting, the lack of cellphone and internet service — his claim could not be immediately independently verified, though it was supported by testimony from others who recently fled the city.//
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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/19/world/ukraine-russia-war/a-mariupol-official-accuses-russia-of-forcibly-taking-ukrainians-across-the-border
Source: New York Times #Mar19
#HumanitarianCrisis #WarCrime #RussianInvasion
#StandWithUkraine #RussianInvasion #HumanitarianCrisis
"I hope they did not hurt me on purpose," says Ukranian girl who lost an arm
Sasha, a 9-year-old Ukranian girl, lost her left arm when Russia invaded Ukraine.
The doctor said the injury was critical and Sasha was starting to lose her consciousness when hiding underground. Yet Sasha never cried. "She is exceptionally strong," the doctor said.
After the surgery, Sasha told the press, "I don't know why the Russian people shot me, I hope they did not hurt me on purpose."
Source: AM730 #Mar18
#Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #RussianInvasion #HumanitarianCrisis
"I hope they did not hurt me on purpose," says Ukranian girl who lost an arm
Sasha, a 9-year-old Ukranian girl, lost her left arm when Russia invaded Ukraine.
The doctor said the injury was critical and Sasha was starting to lose her consciousness when hiding underground. Yet Sasha never cried. "She is exceptionally strong," the doctor said.
After the surgery, Sasha told the press, "I don't know why the Russian people shot me, I hope they did not hurt me on purpose."
Source: AM730 #Mar18
#Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #RussianInvasion #HumanitarianCrisis
In #Ukraine, empty strollers are a symbol of #children killed in war
//As Ukraine mourns its dead, scores of empty strollers were lined up in the cobbled central square of the city of #Lviv on Friday, March 18, 2022 to commemorate the children killed in the country since Russia's invasion.//
[Editor's notes: As of March 20, 2022, it was reported that at least children has been killed during Russian invasion of Ukraine.]
Read the full article:
https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraine-empty-strollers-are-symbol-children-killed-war-2022-03-18/
Source: Reuters #Mar18
#WarCrime #HumanitarianCrisis #RussianInvasion
//As Ukraine mourns its dead, scores of empty strollers were lined up in the cobbled central square of the city of #Lviv on Friday, March 18, 2022 to commemorate the children killed in the country since Russia's invasion.//
[Editor's notes: As of March 20, 2022, it was reported that at least children has been killed during Russian invasion of Ukraine.]
Read the full article:
https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraine-empty-strollers-are-symbol-children-killed-war-2022-03-18/
Source: Reuters #Mar18
#WarCrime #HumanitarianCrisis #RussianInvasion
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Can China be trusted? As the Russia-Ukraine war shows, #Beijing often says one thing and does another
//The war in Ukraine helps to explain this paradox. Less than two months before Russia’s invasion, Chinese President #XiJinping told Ukraine President #VolodymyrZelensky that he attached “high importance to developing the Chinese-Ukrainian strategic partnership.” But only weeks later, Xi and his Russian counterpart, #VladimirPutin, declared that their countries’ budding alliance had “no limits.”
...There is debate regarding the extent to which Xi and other Chinese officials had advance knowledge of the invasion. If they did, that makes them complicit in aggressive war and ongoing Russian war crimes in Ukraine. It would also mean that claims of ignorance by Chinese officials are not to be trusted.
And if they didn’t have knowledge of the invasion, the Russians didn’t trust them enough to give forewarning. Either way, there’s distrust of China.
...According to reports, Russia has requested that China provide it with weapons to bolster the assault on Ukraine. It is unclear whether China will fulfil that request. Chinese writing on bomb fragments in destroyed Ukrainian hospitals and schools – favourite targetsof the Russians – would not be good for China’s reputation.//
Read the full article
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/03/23/can-china-be-trusted-as-the-russia-ukraine-war-shows-beijing-often-says-one-thing-and-does-another/
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #Mar23
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Can China be trusted? As the Russia-Ukraine war shows, #Beijing often says one thing and does another
//The war in Ukraine helps to explain this paradox. Less than two months before Russia’s invasion, Chinese President #XiJinping told Ukraine President #VolodymyrZelensky that he attached “high importance to developing the Chinese-Ukrainian strategic partnership.” But only weeks later, Xi and his Russian counterpart, #VladimirPutin, declared that their countries’ budding alliance had “no limits.”
...There is debate regarding the extent to which Xi and other Chinese officials had advance knowledge of the invasion. If they did, that makes them complicit in aggressive war and ongoing Russian war crimes in Ukraine. It would also mean that claims of ignorance by Chinese officials are not to be trusted.
And if they didn’t have knowledge of the invasion, the Russians didn’t trust them enough to give forewarning. Either way, there’s distrust of China.
...According to reports, Russia has requested that China provide it with weapons to bolster the assault on Ukraine. It is unclear whether China will fulfil that request. Chinese writing on bomb fragments in destroyed Ukrainian hospitals and schools – favourite targetsof the Russians – would not be good for China’s reputation.//
Read the full article
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/03/23/can-china-be-trusted-as-the-russia-ukraine-war-shows-beijing-often-says-one-thing-and-does-another/
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #Mar23
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Can China be trusted? As the Russia-Ukraine war shows, Beijing often says one thing and does another
China’s rise over the last several decades, characterised by its expanding economic and military power, has been miraculous. But there is a paradox associated with that rise: as its power has incre…