North Korea might send 100,000 troops and transfer long-range weapons to Russia; China, despite its denials, is also arming Russia. North Korea may deploy up to 100,000 soldiers to help Russia in its war against Ukraine. According to Bloomberg, this military support is likely to occur in stages with troop rotation over time rather... #China #Kursk #NorthKorea #NorthKoreanSoldiers #WarinUkraine
Russia has paid North Korea around $5.5B for weapons and is deploying North Korean troops in Kursk; China is alarmed by this cooperation. Since February 2022, the Russian Federation has purchased up to $5.5B worth of North Korean weapons, analysts have discovered. Russia is trying to use cooperation with North Korea as a lever of influe... #China #GeopoliticalFragmentation #MarkRutte #NATO #NorthKoreanSoldiers #WarEscalation #WarinUkraine
Blinken accuses China of helping Putin continue his aggression against Ukraine. The West has received evidence regarding the supply of weapons. By exporting goods to Russia that strengthen its military-industrial complex, Beijing is fueling Putin’s “military machine,&... #AnthonyBlinken #China #DualPurposeTechnologies #Putin #WangYi #WarinUkraine
At the UN, the US Secretary of State calls for those who support and fuel Putin’s aggression – Iran, North Korea and China – to stop. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that to promote peace in Ukraine, it is necessary to stop Iran, North Korea, and China from enabling the Russian war machine. During his speech at the meetin... #AnthonyBlinken #China #IranianWeapons #NorthKorea #RussianAggression #UNSecurityCouncil #WarinUkraine
Because of sanctions, Russia and China are returning to barter exchange of goods for the first time in 30 years. Russia and China are discussing barter trade agreements that will help bypass the US-controlled SWIFT international banking system and limit currency risks; the first such transaction could take place... #BarterAgreements #China #RussianTrade #SanctionsAgainstRussia #SWIFT
China plans to increase imports of Ukrainian agricultural products; Bosnia and Herzegovina will buy Ukrainian poultry. Soon, Kyiv and Beijing may agree to increase the volume of Ukrainian agricultural product imports to China, according to Zhenmin Wang Yiwei, a professor of international relations at the Peking People... #agroexportukraine #BosniaHerzegovina #China #UkraineExport #UkraineExportsPoultry #UkraineTrade
The US and EU are pressuring Asia’s largest economies to abandon their support of Russia’s war effort. The US Treasury has warned that Indian banks will be subject to sanctions and will lose access to the US financial system if they cooperate with the Russian defense and industrial complex. “We k... #AnnalenaBaerbock #China #circumventionOfSanctions #DavidLammy #DualUseGoods #India #WangYi
Sanctions are slowly destroying Russian businesses with payment issues. New US restrictions imposed in June have put local banks in countries that trade with Russia at a higher risk of so-called secondary penalties, which is delaying or disrupting payments to and from cou... #China #RussianBusiness #SanctionsAgainstRussia #SecondarySanctions #Turkey
In China, Kuleba explains the conditions for negotiations with the Russian Federation. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to discuss ways to end Russian aggression and China’s possible role in achieving a just peace. Kuleba restated U... #China #DmytroKuleba #PeaceInUkraine #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WangYi #WarinUkraine
Dmytro Kuleba has arrived in China to discuss Beijing’s possible role in ending the war in Ukraine. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has embarked on his first trip to China since the Russian invasion in 2022. China has served as an economic lifeline for the Kremlin since its invasion b... #China #DmytroKuleba #PeaceInUkraine #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WangYi #WarinUkraine
The US will not participate directly in the war in Ukraine but promises its support; NATO identifies the primary Russian allies. The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, said at the NATO Summit that the US will not be involved in the war in Ukraine but will continue to support Kyiv. According to him, after Putin invaded Ukraine ... #China #LloydAustin #NATOsummit #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Spending on nuclear weapons reached a record $91B; this is enough to provide greenenergy for 12 million homes. As reported by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), the nine states that possess nuclear weapons spent $91.4B on them last year. This spending is effectively useless, as the n... #China #ICAN #MilitarySpending #NuclearWeapons #RussianFederation
Peace summit updates: Switzerland will brief Russia and China; two countries have withdrawn their signatures from the joint communiqué. Switzerland will discuss the results of the summit with Russia, China, and other countries that were not among the more than 100 countries and international organizations in attendance, said the Minis... #China #IgnazioCassis #PeaceSummit #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #Switzerland #WarinUkraine
China claims that the international community supports its peace plan for Ukraine. More than two dozen countries have allegedly expressed their support for the terms presented in China’s alternative peace plan, said Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi. China presented ... #China #ChinaPeacePlan #PeaceSummit #Switzerland #WangYi #Zelenskyy
The EU is considering holding the next peace summit with the participation of the Russian Federation. The EU is discussing the transition from the Ukrainian peace summit next month to a possible meeting in Saudi Arabia in the fall with the Russian Federation’s participation, writes Bloomberg. China an... #China #PeaceInUkraine #PeaceSummit #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
The Swiss reveal the leading topics of the Peace Summit. As noted by the Swiss MFA, the goal of the Peace Summit in Ukraine is to pave the way for the future peace process and develop the practical elements and procedure. All governments at the summit are i... #China #PeaceInUkraine #PeaceSummit #Switzerland
