Chinese President Xi Jinpin and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to each other during their meeting in Beijing on February 4, 2022 © Alexei Druzhinin / Sputnik / Kremlin pool via AP
RT: Putin says he didn’t warn China before Ukraine offensive
Beijing understands the Ukraine situation perfectly, the Russian president told the Valdai Club
Russian President Vladimir Putin has revealed that he did not give advance notice of the special operation in Ukraine to Chinese leader Xi Jinping. There was no need, Putin said on Thursday at the Valdai Discussion Club meeting, adding that Russia and China are both sovereign nations and that Beijing has a clear understanding of the situation in Ukraine.
“No,” Putin said, when moderator Fyodor Lukyanov asked if he’d told Xi about the military operation – which started on February 24 – when the two leaders met twenty days prior. Nor was Xi resentful or offended by that, the Russian president explained.
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WNU Editor: I personally believe Putin made the decision to launch the invasion on Sunday, February 20, when he met his security officials. The next day the Moscow stock market crashed. All Russian diplomats were ordered out on Wednesday, February 23. The invasion started February 24.
Mussolini did not tell Hitler he was invading Greece. Hitler returned the favor.
ReplyDeleteHistory repeats itself.
Putin did not tell Xi.
They all display the same psychological traits.
The SS was a parallel military organization to the Wehrmacht.
Wagner is a nascent parallel military organization to the Russian Army.
... the same psychological traits.