China plans to send weapons to Russia
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed that the Chinese are weighing the idea of supplying arms or ammunition to Russia. Reports have shown that China has already supplied its neighbor with non-lethal equipment, such as tires or uniforms, but the delivery of armaments is a line it has not yet crossed. “The information we have [indiquent] that they are planning to provide lethal support, and we have made it very clear to them that this will cause a serious problem for us and in our relationship, “said Blinken, questioned by the American network CBS, at the end of a diplomatic meeting. with its Chinese counterparts. Such support from China would expose that country to economic sanctions.
Crimes against humanity, according to the United States
The United States has for the first time accused Russia of having committed “crimes against humanity”. Vice President Kamala Harris decided the issue this weekend at the Munich Security Conference. “We have examined the evidence, we know the legal standards, and there is no doubt that these are crimes against humanity,” she declared before an audience of high dignitaries. The Vice President cited summary executions, torture, rape, as well as “the forcible transfer of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians” to Russia. The US State Department has documented more than 30,600 cases of war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine in one year.
Russian opponents fear “de-escalation”
“What is to be feared is a de-escalation. The deposed former Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, converted into an opponent of Vladimir Putin’s regime, warned Westerners against any relaxation on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference. “As long as Putin’s regime is in power, the war will not end,” added the man who was one of the richest men in Russia. At his side, opponent Garry Kasparov, a former chess champion, established that the defeat of the Russian army is a “precondition of democracy” in Russia. “Russians live in a bubble. It cannot be broken unless the idea of empire collapses, thanks to a military defeat”, hammered Mr. Kasparov, who left Russia ten years ago.
With Agence France-Presse
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