According to global network reports, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an exclusive interview with US media that they will do their best to win China's support on the Russian-Ukrainian issue, because China is stronger than Russia, and China can play an important role in achieving peace. However, Zelensky also said that he did not want such a country to stand by and watch people die. If you are a big country, this is what national greatness means.
In addition, just the day before, Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov also claimed when attending the Shangri-La Dialogue that China has great influence over the Kremlin, and China can influence Russia's withdrawal from Ukraine, so China should first let Russia withdraw from Ukrainian territory, and then Ukraine can hold peace talks with Russia.
Zelensky
From the words of Zelensky and the Ukrainian defense minister, Ukraine hopes to win over China and drive a wedge between China and Russia, after all, after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, most European countries began to decouple from Russia under the influence of the United States, including Germany, a country that has always maintained close energy cooperation with Russia.
Only China has never joined the ranks of sanctions, nor has it stopped normal economic and trade cooperation with Russia, and it can be said that the vast demand for the Chinese market has stabilized the Russian economy. If Ukraine draws in to China, the Russian economy will suffer a serious shock, which is what Ukraine wants to see.
In addition, Ukraine wants to lay the groundwork for future peace negotiations. Until now, the Russian and Ukrainian armies are still fighting on the front line, but it is only a matter of time before there is peace for Russia and Ukraine. After all, Russia and Ukraine have now become a tug-of-war on the battlefield, and neither side can crush the other in a battle, and in the end, the two sides that cannot bear the consumption of the war can only go to peace negotiations.
Russian-Ukrainian conflict
First of all, the strength and influence of the mediator country must be recognized by all parties, and secondly, it cannot be a direct or indirect participant in the conflict, otherwise it is difficult for both Russia and Ukraine to accept it. And looking at the whole world, only China is the most in line with the requirements.
However, it is still not easy to achieve peace talks, even if China proposes a "peace plan" and sends Li Hui's special envoy to Europe to mediate, but before Ukraine is exhausted and the United States has not yet relaxed its mouth on peace talks, preparing for peace talks is still only an option for Zelensky's government.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian army has launched a large-scale counteroffensive in the direction of the Donetsk region, and the Ukrainian army has mobilized at least 6 mechanized battalions and 2 tank battalions. This is a rare large-scale armored offensive launched by the Ukrainian army after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which also shows that with the support of NATO equipment, the Ukrainian army has rebuilt its armored forces, knowing that in the past year, Ukraine's past armored forces have long been lost.
With NATO support in place and the battlefield not yet at a complete disadvantage, how can Ukraine agree to peace talks now? At the very least, it is necessary to fight the last battle first, not only to explain to the United States, the West and at home, but also to grasp more battlefield chips for the next peace negotiations.
China-Ukraine relations
Finally, Zelensky's assertion that he "does not want China to stand idly by" must be refuted, after all, special envoy Li Hui has just left Europe. In addition, the so-called hope that China will exert its influence on Russia is pure nonsense. Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shaye talked about the Russian-Ukrainian issue in an interview with French media, and he bluntly said that China has put forward its own peace proposition on the Russian-Ukrainian issue, but not all countries support China. Moreover, China is not a party to the crisis, it is not China's responsibility to delay the war, we put forward a peaceful proposition, but we cannot force the relevant parties to accept our proposal, what China can do is to continue to promote peace talks.
If the Zelensky government really wants peace, it should actively release its sincerity. At the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russia sent a diplomatic delegation to contact Ukraine, but when both sides were about to reach a peace agreement, Ukraine chose to backtrack under the instructions of the United States. Now Ukraine should find a way to restore Russia's confidence in peace talks, instead of thinking about pulling China into the water.