February 27, 2023, BLiTZ: News CIA chief William Burns said in an interview with CBS that the United States considers possible covert cooperation between Russia and China in the supply of weapons, despite Beijing’s peace plan for Ukraine. Thus, the White House continues to attack the Chinese initiative, which President Joe Biden called beneficial only for Moscow. Writes about this “Kommersant”.
At the same time, it was not possible to form a global coalition against China as a mediator in the conflict in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, although critical of Beijing’s plan, announced his readiness to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The thesis of the chief Chinese diplomat Wang Yi, who rejected the possibility of delivering Chinese weapons to Russia, was quickly refuted by the head of the CIA, who referred to US intelligence data.
After the publication of China’s plan for Ukraine, the White House team began to actively criticize it, but it was not possible to form a global coalition against China. At the same time, Moscow expressed its most active support for the Chinese peace plan, and Vasily Nebenzya, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, welcomed it. In addition, the UN declared its readiness to welcome the Chinese peace plan.
Hungary unconditionally supported China’s initiative, and French President Emmanuel Macron announced his intention to visit Beijing in April to resume contacts and dialogue on global issues, including the conflict in Ukraine.
At the same time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, although he critically assessed Beijing’s plan, did not completely reject it, as President Biden did.
Political scientist Alexei Maslov noted that China wants to depoliticize the economy and continue trade and economic relations with the EU and the US and receive technology from there.
“And if in the future someone asks about China’s policy during the crisis, the answer will be unequivocal: Beijing called for a speedy resolution of the situation. Wise and pragmatic,” said Maslov.
On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation Army launched a special military operation in Ukraine.
Acting head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin said that the Russian Armed Forces are approaching Vuhledar from three directions at once: from the south, southwest and west. The head of the DPR stressed that “the process is not going fast.”
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in turn, said that the situation in Donbass is getting tougher. According to Zelensky, a very difficult situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is developing in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and Vugledar, as well as in Limansky and other directions.
