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ukrainians have. could a russian soldier open a box of chinese equipment and use that? how interoperable are they? it would really be a case-by-case basis. the other thing that china can provide that s very immediate is economic assistance. that s something we ve been hearing about the russian, how the sanctions are hitting them hard, the russian people. it s possible that china could step in there and that would have a real impact because it would lighten some of the pressure, take some of the tension off vladimir putin, which is one of the things that u.s. officials are hopeful will impact his calculus in the military campaign. ben hodges, courtney talks about the diplomatic help at the start of this invasion. how do you see the relationship between their two militaries?
ukrainians have to just fight it out or could there be something they put on the table that might induce putin to rethink this whole plan? so there were real things on offer in the last series of negotiations, but all the things that the russians asked for, there were six different demands, are nonstarters for the ukrainian size. they want to freeze nato membership, they want crimea to be recognized as russian. it is not going to happen. they want the donbas to be recognized as russian. it s not going to happen. there s no way china can be a credible negotiator. israel s tried, turkey s tried, france has tried. the problem is that vladimir putin wants to destroy ukraine and no one has convinced him to step down. the west has done a great job of sending defensive materials, they ve been great with sanctions, presented a unified voice but putin is still in charge and we haven t convinced him to stop.
zelenskyy will deliver an address to congress on thursday. amid this growing conflict, u.s. officials are now also saying that russia has asked china for military equipment and other support. both the kremlin and beijing are pushing back on those reports. national security adviser jake sullivan met today with a top chinese diplomat in rome, a day after sullivan warned beijing and other nations not to aid in russia s war efforts. we have made it clear to not just beijing but every country in the world that if they think that they can basically bail russia out, they can give russia a work around to the sanctions that we ve imposed, they should have another thing coming bugs because we will ensure neither china or anyone else can compensate russia for the losses. the two sides are taking what is called a technical pause
why can t china be a player on this for something other than sending weapons to the russians? in order to be a credible negotiator, you need to be trusted by both sides and i don t think that s the case. the chinese the chinese are not going to get in bed with putin. they have a close relationship with him. you re showing pictures of the president of china and putin. they give each other necklaces, but once you go down a couple of levels, there is friction. so i wouldn t expect the relationship to do a whole lot for putin right now. china s too smart. they don t want to be international pariahs. putin is now an international pariah after what he s done in ukraine. they re the second largest economy in the world and they re sort of looking the other way here. is there more the u.s. could do to bring china into alignment with us on this issue, whether
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