China Considers Joining Ukraine Peacekeeping Coalition Amid Ongoing Russian Attacks

Reports Suggest China Could Participate in Ukraine Peacekeeping Mission

As European leaders attempt to organize a Ukraine peacekeeping mission amid a push by US President Donald Trump to clinch a cease-fire deal between Moscow and Kyiv, reports have spread that Beijing may want to play a role in maintaining the peace. The German newspaper Die Welt quoted anonymous European Union diplomats on March 22 as saying that their Chinese counterparts have reached out to explore whether their peacekeepers could work as part o…

Does China Want To Send Peacekeepers To Ukraine?

Reports continue to circulate that Beijing is floating the idea of sending a peacekeeping force to Ukraine alongside European troops, but how realistic would such a proposal be and is it actually in China’s interest?

On 22 March 2025 the German media Welt Am Sonntag claimed that Chinese diplomats were considering joining the "Volunteer Coalition" announced by Emmanuel Macron. A case deemed "difficult" by Beijing, which admits that this would make it possible to make the sending of peacekeeping troops for Russia more acceptable.

It was last February, during the Munich Security Conference, that Zhou Bo, a former Chinese army colonel, said China could send peace troops to...

China denies plans to get involved in Ukraine

Multiple reports in recent weeks have suggested China could play a role in postwar Ukraine.

China is considering joining a potential peacekeeping mission for Ukraine led by European leaders, according to several European sources cited by the German newspaper Die Welt.