Over the last few weeks, a Russian blitz has claimed more than a dozen villages in northeast Ukraine, near the country’s second-largest city.
And Russia’s economy is limited by steep sanctions from some of the richest countries in the world.
But it has supported Russia’s economy by buying oil and expanding other kinds of trade.
Without Beijing’s help, Moscow might still continue its war, but it would do so in a weakened state.
Of course, Washington and its allies have also provided support, including actual weapons, to Ukraine.
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