China may have stopped Putin from using nuclear weapons, Blinken says

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China Talked Putin Out of Using A-Bombs on Ukraine: Blinken

The Financial Times (behind a paywall) interviewed Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in London today, and Blinken said that Putin had “seriously considered” using nuclear weapons in its war against Ukraine, but that China’s Xi talked him out of it....

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According to a survey, citizens under the bombs who consider the Russian diktat on non-accession to the Atlantic Pact unacceptable go from 54 to 47% in six months. And the share of those who do not tolerate territorial losses falls from 38 to 21%. Meanwhile, there is a peak of desertions. Now three years later...

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According to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, the line of demarcation in the Russian-Ukrainian war is unlikely to change much in the foreseeable future.

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On the one hand, China supports the war in Ukraine. On the other hand, the country may have played a role in the Russians not pressing the nuclear button. The US Secretary of State now says this in a major interview with international media.

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Blinken: China May Have Stopped Putin From Using Nukes

China may have talked Russian President Vladimir Putin out of deploying nuclear weapons amid Russia's war against Ukraine, outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the Financial Times on Friday.

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The US Secretary of State revealed to the Financial Times that the Biden administration feared that Russia might actually use the atomic bomb: “Even if the chance of it happening were 5-15%, there would never be a more serious and worrying topic.”