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#Ukraine: The stalled battlefront low on ammo. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

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🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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#Ukraine: The stalled battlefront low on ammo. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/eu-mulls-ways-ramp-ammunition-production-ukraine-97329217


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In the possibility of a war with the Russian Federation from the Arctic to the Mediterranean,

1:03.0

however, there is one country that does not border any of these Bucharest-Nahin or enter into Europe except

1:10.0

the top diplomat in China, Wang Yi, has been in Moscow meeting with the National Security Advisor, Mr. Patruchef,

1:18.0

Chief Vladimir Putin, and then Sergei Lavrov, the Foreign Minister. Why? Wang Yi uses a metaphor very carefully, very correctly.

1:28.0

Rock solid to describe the relationship, the connection between Beijing and Moscow.

1:34.0

All of this is not fresh given the way that she, President General Secretary Xi and President Putin

1:42.0

spoke at the beginning of the war, except within these last days a report by the Secretary of State that I take very, very soberly,

1:51.0

that there is reason to believe that China is about to ship lethal aid to Russia.

1:58.0

We know that North Korea is shipping something, but there is a border between North Korea and Russia,

2:04.0

so it doesn't require Chinese to vow safe to shipment. However, Jeff, what do we know?

2:10.0

What can we guess about this warning by Secretary Blinken? What kind of lethal aid would it describe that China can ship to Russia?

2:20.0

Well, thank you, Mr. Blinken, began his warning by acknowledging what he believes is non-lethal support being provided to Russia already.

2:28.0

And one thing we know for absolute certainty, and that is that the Chinese have purchased a significant amount of Russian oil and natural gas over the last year

2:37.0

to provide Russia with the economic assistance that it needs when it lost markets, particularly in the West.

2:43.0

And then the concern that they might go to lethal aid. What might lethal aid turn out to be? Well, particularly, I think ammunition.

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