Putin's power slips away to China as Ukraine war continues to drain Russian military

“Russia is mortgaging its future to Beijing and is, of course, not getting this for free.”

Outgoing Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg tells The Times that Putin is becoming increasingly beholden to President Xi of China for the sake of his war in Ukraine. Defence editor Larisa Brown says CIA and MI6 chiefs will be “looking closely” at any intelligence that suggests China could could be supplying Russia with weapons.

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[MrGraemeb]

Nations don't have 'friends', they have 'interests'. ( Lord Palmerston I think...?)

[captainhaddck]

Anyone who thinks the Ruzzian economy is in rude health should note that there are currently only 11 countries worldwide with higher interest rates. And those 11 global powerhouses are as follows (descending order): Zimbabwe, Turkey, Argentina, Ghana, Egypt, Nigeria, Malawi, DR Congo, Iran, Lebanon and Sierra Leone.

[felipearbustopotd]

Roosevelt often said: "speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far".
The West have a big stick, but fail to use it, pathetic.

[LR-jkjk]

So we know that China is helping Russia, and yet we sit around DEBATING how much we should help Ukraine. Two years of DEBATING and RUNNING SCARED. It does not matter how big our economies are and how advanced our weapons are - if we don't have the WILL to win.

[Unitedflyier]

Vladivostok will be taking its Chinas name back soon. Xi is very patient.

[FinetTwo]

To understand what the mistake of the USSR and the Russian Federation is, we need to compare how it is in healthy countries, for example America and Canada, why are they not in a state of emergency or war among themselves? because in countries like these there is no threat that someone from them wants to harm us. That America, for example, will not steal something from Canada. And why is there a threat in the USSR and the Russian Federation that America and other countries will harm you. Or will NATO rob the Russian Federation? they allegedly had and are about to steal something from the USSR and the Russian Federation. This is a mistake in thinking. It is enough to have healthy relationships, do not terrorize, do not intimidate and do not attack. Give other countries good conditions so that they do not want to change anything, give them a sense of security and prosperity. and what did the USSR and the Russian Federation do? It creates such conditions that countries such as Chechnya, Afghanistan, Georgia, Ukraine want to separate from them, because the Russian Federation creates very bad conditions for them. For example, America creates good conditions for Canada and Canada for America. the problem is in the minds of certain Russians. So Vladimir Lenin's idea and execution were only wrong and these mistakes were continued by Joseph Stalin, today Vladimir Putin... That's the point. The problem is in thinking and perceiving reality. A person should work with his head, with his thinking. It's a pity that Vladimir Lenin didn't work with his thoughts. We still have these mistakes today in this war. U021

[nick]

Good interview. Well done both of them!

[bipolarbear]

Why can’t NATO have a special military operation? That could be preceded by an ultimatum that Putin ceasefire and withdraw to the 1991 border. Failing to do so within say 14 days will result in Ukraine getting full NATO support to achieve that objective. Basically, there’s the easy way or the hard way. No more dithering! “The Soviet understands only one language; action, respects only one word; force” - Dean Acheson

[JurisKankalis]

Sorry. Just have to say this. Beautifully spoken by a beautiful speaker. Best of luck from the country of internet-stalkers (obviously) Latvia. Seriously though - was a joy listening to the lady, her points are... on point and answers are well provided and sharp. Kuddos for that!

[stoner]

Can you imagine being at war and innocent people dying but you can’t fire back welcome to 2024

[billy]

That thing in the Kremlin said his children speak Chinese. You think Xi's daughter speaks russian?

Haha. Prolly not.

[timmommens]

One to watch 🇺🇦🇺🇦✌✌
Philip Ittner & Jessica Berlin interview

[HansHenrikTOhlsen]

Why talking about a Russian Ukraine conflict??? What conflict??? It's a war, stop talking Putin's language?

[jamesaustin]

I think XI is a sensible man and realises that Putin has simply lost the plot

[bipolarman]

Who's mercy from whom? they are in the same category.

[MrBakedDaily]

Russia is chinas gas store basically, but usa and china trade way more

[janaka]

You Brits are always complaining about the US being unwilling to supply long range weapons to Ukraine. In the US our military is complaining that if we get in a fight with China we will use all our long range weapons within a 4 day period. We don’t want to use them in the Russian campaign because WE DONT HAVE ENOUGH! The same argument was made about F16s. You all went on about them but the US military was complaining that the training takes 3-4 years before a pilot is ready for combat… AGAIN you Brits went on and on about how the US was holding up the decision. Why don’t you guys get real about these issues. You are leaving the impression that the US does not know what it is doing - rather than you guys being uninformed.

[Lotus-rt]

If the world gets though this, everyone needs to sit down and disarm the world. We can't keep doing this for another 500 years. It's not fair on the young.😡

[Medley]

Terrible sound quality. Very annoying. 😬

[chillxxx]

They aren’t NATO weapons. They are the weapons of the countries they come from whether that be the US, UK, Germany, etc… The inability for the press to inform the public creates this ambiguity. The fact that both Russia and Ukraine keep discussing NATo creates this ambiguity. They should be talking to individuals representing the Ukraine Defense Contact Group. They should keep NATO out of these discussions.