China does not want Russia’s military defeat, but it stands for the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Kirill Budanov, stated this in an interview with tsn.ua.
“They have a unique culture, their logic is not always clear to our population. For China, it is the military defeat of Russia that is bad. In a big strategic game, they think they will be left alone with their opponents, and they don’t want that,” he said.
Budanov also noted that at the same time China supports the territorial integrity of Ukraine and talks about it.
“This means a lot, official statements there are serious. They need a configuration in which the Russian Federation will not suffer open defeat, but it is also desirable for Ukraine to regain its sovereignty. But I emphasize that it is desirable,” Budanov said, adding that if China helped Russia, it would not have any problems with weapons.
