On Tuesday, China accused the U.S. of fanning the flames," after the U.S. blamed Chinas support of Russia in its war against Ukraine.
At a Tuesday press conference, Chinese Foreign Ministry representative Wang Wenbin attempted to deflect the U.S. accusations of China possibly providing lethal aid to Russia. He mentioned that the U.S. defense industry was gaining from this conflict, comparing it to the war in Afghanistan.
One journalist asked, "U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently said that China knows that there would be consequences were China to provide lethal assistance to Russia. But he refused to lay out what the consequences would be if China ignored the warning. Whats your comment?"
Wang's response was: "The U.S. is the biggest source of weaponry for the battlefield in Ukraine. "We do not accept the U.S.s finger-pointing or even coercion targeting China-Russia relations. The U.S. should seriously reflect on what it has done, stop fanning the flames or profiting from it, and stay truly committed to promoting peace talks as China has been doing. We all saw what the U.S. did in Afghanistan with its strategy of fighting to the last Afghan. Does it now want Ukraine to 'fight till the last Ukrainian'?"
Yesterday President Biden called on Vladimir Putin to end the conflict in Ukraine and emphasized that the U.S. and its international partners will remain supportive of Ukraine and seek additional sanctions against the Russian government.
As the Russian incursion draws close to its first anniversary, warnings from Ukrainian authorities of an upsurge in their offensive have been met with strong statements from the U.S.
On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Russia's withdrawal from the New START nuclear treaty with the U.S. and warned of resuming nuclear weapon testing.
In 2010, the U.S. and Russia agreed to the New START treaty, which places a cap on the number of nuclear warheads each nation can possess. This limit is set at 1,550, and these weapons must be deployed on intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, or heavy bombers.
On Tuesday in Poland, Biden restated that the United States and Europe "do not seek to control or destroy Russia."
"The West is not plotting to attack Russia, as Putin said today. This war was never a necessity it is a tragedy."
"Every day the war continues, this is his choice. He could end the war with a word. Its simple: if Russia stopped invading Ukraine, it would end the war," Biden concluded.
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