China warned the US that allowing Ukraine to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) may result in grave consequences, including nuclear war.
Beijing said in an editorial published on Sunday in the state-run Global Times that all European countries will shudder under the shadow of a possible nuclear war. As Russia revealed its intention to annex four areas of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky reaffirmed his support for Ukraine to be admitted to the alliance.
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Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser for the US, responded last week when asked about Zelensky's proposal to expedite Ukraine's membership in NATO, saying that, the application should be taken up at another time and that it was not the correct moment.
China demanded that the Western alliance completely leave Eastern Europe. The latest threat from China follows a series of vehement forewarnings, some of which were directed at the US for supporting Taiwan in the face of Beijing's incursion into the island's territory.
To form a solid coalition against the West, China and Russia have sought to unite. A temporary financing deal approved by Congress last week contained an additional $12 billion for Ukraine, bringing the total to $66 billion.
Before the assault, President Joe Biden favored Ukraine's NATO application. Since then, Biden has changed his position. He did send a warning to Russian soldiers not to meddle with any NATO-aligned bordering nations.
When he declared that he was not bluffing and that Russia was ready to use nuclear weapons to defend its territory, Vladimir Putin sparked fresh concerns about nuclear war. Additionally, he referred to all nations as political masochists if they wish to live by the rules of the United States.
President Vladimir Putin claimed Russia would use all the force and all the means at its disposal to defend its new territory from attacks by the West or Ukraine and to aid in the liberation of the world when he announced that it was annexing four districts of Ukraine.
Speaking in front of his cronies in Moscow, the Russian autocrat claimed that millions of people had chosen to become Russian vassals following the staging of fake referendums in which armed soldiers went door-to-door enforcing voting using clear glass ballot boxes.
In a confrontational speech delivered from the Kremlin, the Russian president claimed that westerners have made the transition from imposing sanctions to carrying out terrorist attacks. He asserted that the endeavor by the West to sabotage the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines was an attempt to destroy the European energy infrastructure and that those who stand to gain from it are responsible, but he did not name any particular nation, as per Daily Mail.
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Putin Announces He's Annexing 4 Regions of Ukraine
The editorial was published amid a turbulent week in the conflict, during which Putin made a nationally broadcast speech in which he announced that Russia would annex four occupied territories along the border with Ukraine. This announcement marked another escalation in Russia's nearly eight-month campaign in the country amid widespread protests over the nation's recently implemented conscription policy.
A former supporter of Ukraine's NATO aspirations previous to Russia's invasion, Biden issued his warning to Russian forces, threatening terrible repercussions if Russian forces invaded any other NATO-aligned countries in Eastern Europe.
While this is going on, NATO has publicly stated its support for Ukraine's efforts to reclaim the land that Russia had previously claimed during the conflict, a process that already appears to be underway.
Several other occupied cities in the Kherson region were freed from Russian control just one day after Putin announced the annexation of Lyman, a crucial city in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Russian forces withdrew from the city under heavy bombardment from Ukrainian forces, News Week via MSN reported.
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