The Ukrainian president said China has helped Russia, despite also calling for a peaceful resolution to the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ruled out the chance that China could serve as a security guarantor in the event of a future peace deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine.

The Ukrainian president’s remarks follow discussions this week between United States and European leaders about how to establish a future peacekeeping force in Ukraine should the war end.

“Why is China not in the guarantees? First, China did not help us stop this war from the beginning,” Zelenskyy told reporters, according to a report by The Kyiv Post media outlet on Thursday.

“Secondly, China helped Russia by opening the drone market,” Zelenskyy said.

Beijing has repeatedly called for a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine war, but its ongoing economic support for Russia has undermined its neutral image with Zelenskyy and Western leaders.

Despite Beijing’s ambitions of playing a greater role in mediating international conflicts, the Ukrainian leader’s remarks suggest that China will have no role in a Russia-Ukraine peace process.

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  • Weslee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    122·
    8 days ago

    They don’t project force?? Say that to Taiwan and the other eastern Asian island states.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      8 days ago

      Laughs in US Armed Services.

      Weren’t the Chinese the ones who crashed into each other harassing a yacht in the Philippines? Force: Projected.

    • AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zipEnglish
      42·
      8 days ago

      On the scale necessary to actually do anything meaningful for Ukraine, no, they don’t project force.

      • breecher@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        8 days ago

        Considering they are actively part of the conflict by supplying Russia with munitions and other material, the question is moot anyway, since it would be absolutely insane for Ukraine to have an active party in the war prerending to be a security guarantor.