U.S. NATO envoy: China must be held accountable for Ukraine killings

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“China, I think, has miscalculated,” he added. “I think they need to be called out for their subsidizing this killing that is happening on the battlefields in Ukraine.”

According to him, China believes it is conducting a proxy war through Moscow.

“China thinks they’re fighting a proxy war through Russia, and we’re seeing in some statements by the Chinese government that they want to keep the United States and our allies occupied with this war, so that we can’t focus on our other strategic challenges,” NATO ambassador Matthew Whitaker said Tuesday on Fox Business.

“The secondary sanctions are going to be significant. They’re going to hit countries that are buying Russian oil, whether that’s China, India or Brazil,” Whitaker said.

• Earlier in July, it was reported that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a senior European Union diplomat that China cannot accept Russia losing the war in Ukraine. According to him, this would allow the U.S. to focus solely on Beijing.
• On July 21, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham stated that U.S. President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs against countries that purchase Russian oil – China, Brazil, and India.