{"id":4296,"date":"2023-02-25T16:03:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T16:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=4296"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:53:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:53:28","slug":"us-warns-china-considering-arms-sales-to-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/analysis\/defense\/us-warns-china-considering-arms-sales-to-russia\/2023\/02\/25\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"US warns China considering arms sales to Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

US says China is considering arming Russia in Ukraine war<\/strong><\/p>\n

US Secretary of State Antony Brinken said that China was considering supplying Russia with weapons in its war against Ukraine, warning Beijing that any supply “would cause serious problems.”<\/p>\n

“Our\u00a0current\u00a0concerns\u00a0are\u00a0based\u00a0on\u00a0information\u00a0that\u00a0they\u00a0are\u00a0considering\u00a0providing\u00a0fatal\u00a0assistance,”\u00a0Blinken\u00a0told\u00a0CBS’s\u00a0Face\u00a0The\u00a0Nation.<\/p>\n

When\u00a0asked\u00a0what\u00a0he\u00a0meant\u00a0by\u00a0lethal\u00a0support,\u00a0he\u00a0replied,\u00a0“Everything\u00a0from\u00a0ammunition\u00a0to the\u00a0gun\u00a0itself.”<\/p>\n

US Secretary of State Antony Brinken warned Chinese diplomat Wang Yi of the consequences if China effectively supported Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, and in an interview after the two met, Washington said Beijing would move to Moscow. He said he was concerned about the possible sale of arms to the United States.<\/p>\n

Top diplomats from the two superpowers met at a closed-door location on the sidelines of a global security conference in Munich, hours after Wang called Washington “hysterical” in China. An ongoing dispute over the US suspected of launching a US spy balloon.<\/p>\n

Macron\u00a0assures\u00a0Zelensky\u00a0of\u00a0support\u00a0for\u00a010-point\u00a0peace\u00a0plan<\/strong><\/p>\n

French\u00a0President\u00a0Emmanuel\u00a0Macron\u00a0spoke\u00a0by\u00a0phone\u00a0with\u00a0Ukrainian\u00a0President\u00a0Volodymyr\u00a0Zelensky\u00a0on\u00a0Sunday\u00a0as\u00a0Western\u00a0leaders\u00a0seek\u00a0to\u00a0shore\u00a0up\u00a0support\u00a0for\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0amid\u00a0the\u00a0recent\u00a0Russian\u00a0military\u00a0offensive.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Macron’s office said the two leaders discussed Zelensky’s recent visits to the European Union in London, Paris and Brussels, and Macron reaffirmed Zelensky’s NATO support for the addition of military supplies to Ukraine. .Biden will discuss increasing US troops in Poland during upcoming visit, prime ministe\u00a0says<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u00a0war\u00a0could\u00a0cost\u00a0Germany\u00a0160\u00a0billion\u00a0euros\u00a0by\u00a0end\u00a0of\u00a02023,<\/strong>\u00a0 finance<\/strong>\u00a0minister\u00a0says<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0war\u00a0in\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0will\u00a0cost\u00a0the\u00a0German\u00a0economy\u00a0about\u00a0\u20ac160\u00a0billion\u00a0in\u00a0value\u00a0creation\u00a0losses\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0end\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0year,\u00a0or\u00a0about\u00a04%\u00a0of\u00a0gross\u00a0domestic\u00a0product,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0president\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0German\u00a0Chamber\u00a0of\u00a0Commerce\u00a0and\u00a0Industry\u00a0(DIHK).\u00a0.\u00a0.<\/p>\n

This\u00a0means\u00a0that\u00a0per\u00a0capita\u00a0GDP\u00a0for\u00a0Europe’s\u00a0largest\u00a0economy\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a02,000\u00a0euros\u00a0lower\u00a0than\u00a0he\u00a0normally\u00a0would,\u00a0DIHK\u00a0boss\u00a0Peter\u00a0Adrian\u00a0told\u00a0the\u00a0‘Rheinische\u00a0Post’.<\/p>\n

German industry will pay about 40% more for energy in 2023 than it did in 2021, before crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a study by Allianz Trade.<\/p>\n

Industry\u00a0has\u00a0a\u00a0higher\u00a0share\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0economy\u00a0in\u00a0Germany\u00a0than\u00a0in\u00a0many\u00a0other\u00a0countries,\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0sector\u00a0is\u00a0largely\u00a0energy\u00a0intensive.<\/p>\n

Italian\u00a0PM\u00a0Meloni\u00a0to\u00a0visit\u00a0Kyiv\u00a0on\u00a0Monday\u00a0to\u00a0meet\u00a0Zelensky<\/strong><\/p>\n

Italian\u00a0Prime\u00a0Minister\u00a0Giorgia\u00a0Meloni\u00a0will\u00a0travel\u00a0to\u00a0Kyiv\u00a0on\u00a0Monday\u00a0to\u00a0meet\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0President\u00a0Volodymyr\u00a0Zelensky,\u00a0a\u00a0political\u00a0source\u00a0said\u00a0on\u00a0Sunday.<\/p>\n

Meloni,\u00a0who\u00a0took\u00a0office\u00a0in\u00a0October,\u00a0has\u00a0said\u00a0she\u00a0planned\u00a0to\u00a0visit\u00a0Kyiv\u00a0before\u00a0the\u00a0February\u00a024\u00a0anniversary\u00a0of\u00a0Russia’s\u00a0invasion\u00a0of\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0last\u00a0year.<\/p>\n

Despite friction on the issue within her right-wing ruling coalition and divided public opinion, Meloni has been a firm supporter of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Kremlin says West not willing to engage in Ukraine peace efforts<\/strong>
\nThe\u00a0Kremlin\u00a0on\u00a0Sunday\u00a0said\u00a0that\u00a0Western\u00a0countries\u00a0have\u00a0not\u00a0yet\u00a0shown\u00a0they\u00a0are\u00a0open\u00a0or\u00a0willing\u00a0to\u00a0engage\u00a0in\u00a0peaceful\u00a0initiatives\u00a0to\u00a0resolve\u00a0the\u00a0conflict\u00a0in\u00a0Ukraine.<\/p>\n

‘Without the US, there wouldn’t be a free Ukraine anymore’, Polish PM tells Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that Poland was in favour of delivering as many weapons as possible to Ukraine \u2013 including fighter jets \u2013so that its military would be able to quickly regain Russian-ocuppied territory.<\/p>\n

Full\u00a0military\u00a0support\u00a0for\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0could\u00a0make\u00a02023\u00a0a\u00a0\u201cturning\u00a0moment\u201d\u00a0in\u00a0European\u00a0history,\u00a0Morawiecki\u00a0said.\u00a0\u201cI\u00a0do\u00a0believe\u00a0that\u00a02023,\u00a0with\u00a0our\u00a0determination,\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0the\u00a0end\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0war\u00a0in\u00a0Ukraine.\u00a0And\u00a0I\u00a0do\u00a0believe\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0will\u00a0win\u00a0that\u00a0war.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russia\u00a0rebukes\u00a0Macron\u00a0on\u00a0comments,\u00a0references\u00a0Napoleon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russia\u00a0on\u00a0Sunday\u00a0scolded\u00a0Emmanuel\u00a0Macron\u00a0over\u00a0remarks\u00a0about\u00a0Russia’s\u00a0defeat,\u00a0saying\u00a0that\u00a0Moscow\u00a0still\u00a0remembered\u00a0the\u00a0fate\u00a0of\u00a0Napoleon\u00a0Bonaparte\u00a0and\u00a0accusing\u00a0the\u00a0French\u00a0president\u00a0of\u00a0duplicitous\u00a0diplomacy\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0Kremlin.<\/p>\n

Macron\u00a0told\u00a0paper\u00a0Le\u00a0Journal\u00a0du\u00a0Dimanche\u00a0that\u00a0France\u00a0wanted\u00a0Russia\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0defeated\u00a0in\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0but\u00a0had\u00a0never\u00a0wanted\u00a0to\u00a0“crush”\u00a0it.<\/p>\n

Kremlin\u00a0scolds\u00a0US\u00a0for\u00a0casting\u00a0Crimea\u00a0as\u00a0legitimate\u00a0target<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Kremlin\u00a0on\u00a0Sunday\u00a0cast\u00a0the\u00a0United\u00a0States\u00a0was\u00a0a\u00a0“major\u00a0provocateur”\u00a0of\u00a0international\u00a0tensions\u00a0for\u00a0condoning\u00a0attacks\u00a0on\u00a0Crimea,\u00a0warning\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0remarks\u00a0about\u00a0the\u00a0peninsula\u00a0underscored\u00a0the\u00a0depth\u00a0of\u00a0disagreement\u00a0between\u00a0the\u00a0two\u00a0countries.<\/p>\n

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US says China is considering arming Russia in Ukraine war US Secretary of State Antony Brinken said that China was considering supplying Russia with weapons in its war against Ukraine, warning Beijing that any supply “would cause serious problems.” “Our\u00a0current\u00a0concerns\u00a0are\u00a0based\u00a0on\u00a0information\u00a0that\u00a0they\u00a0are\u00a0considering\u00a0providing\u00a0fatal\u00a0assistance,”\u00a0Blinken\u00a0told\u00a0CBS’s\u00a0Face\u00a0The\u00a0Nation. When\u00a0asked\u00a0what\u00a0he\u00a0meant\u00a0by\u00a0lethal\u00a0support,\u00a0he\u00a0replied,\u00a0“Everything\u00a0from\u00a0ammunition\u00a0to the\u00a0gun\u00a0itself.” US Secretary of State Antony Brinken warned Chinese diplomat Wang Yi of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[26,24,276,2425,2480,2482],"tags":[76,77,128,152,154,156,170,174],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ch.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4300,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4296\/revisions\/4300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}