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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - May 25

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    cmccabe
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    China Pushes European Countries to Accept Captured Ukrainian Territories as Russian archived https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-pushing-ukraine-cease-fire-gets-cool-reception-in-europe-614774dd

    China Pushes European Countries to Accept Captured Ukrainian Territories as Russian archived
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-pushing-ukraine-cease-fire-gets-cool-reception-in-europe-614774dd

    The Chinese envoy dispatched to push Beijing’s peace plan for Ukraine carried a clear message: U.S. allies in Europe should assert their autonomy and urge an immediate cease-fire, leaving Russia in possession of the parts of its smaller neighbor that it now occupies, according to Western officials familiar with talks in capitals across the continent.

    Diplomat Li Hui, who has visited Kyiv, Warsaw, Berlin, Paris and Brussels this month, urged European governments to view China as an economic alternative to Washington and said they should move quickly to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine before it spreads, those officials said. Li was due to travel to Moscow on Friday.

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    1. cmccabe
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      Adding this re-quote as a separate comment. I don't know if that was a veiled threat but it sure sounds pretty ominous.

      should move quickly to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine before it spreads

      Adding this re-quote as a separate comment. I don't know if that was a veiled threat but it sure sounds pretty ominous.

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    2. FishFingus
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      I don't know what this man is thinking, but I don't see a likely result other than China's government being met with resentment over that proposal. Just stunningly tone-deaf.

      I don't know what this man is thinking, but I don't see a likely result other than China's government being met with resentment over that proposal. Just stunningly tone-deaf.

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