China Breaks Silence on Ukraine's Kursk Offensive 中国打破对乌克兰库尔斯克攻势的沉默

乌克兰越境入侵俄罗斯库尔斯克州，始于 8 月 6 日。中国打破对乌克兰库尔斯克攻势的沉默。中国外交部发言人周一呼吁“各方”遵守缓和局势的“三项原则”：“不扩大战场、不升级战事、不火上浇油”。 (新闻周刊) 自 2022 年 2 月 24 日俄罗斯全面入侵乌克兰以来，联合国估计至少有 11,520 名平民丧生，至少 23,640 人受伤。(Google Translate)  

Трансграничное вторжение Украины в Курскую область России началось 6 августа. Китай нарушает молчание по поводу наступления Украины на Курской дуге. Представитель МИД Китая в понедельник призвал «все стороны» соблюдать «три принципа» деэскалации: «не расширять поле боя, не обострять боевые действия и не подливать масла в огонь». (Newsweek) По оценкам ООН, с момента полномасштабного вторжения России на Украину 24 февраля 2022 года погибло не менее 11 520 мирных жителей и не менее 23 640 получили ранения. (Google Translate) 

China Breaks Silence on Ukraine's Kursk Offensive & Related Events

08/12/2024 China Breaks Silence on Ukraine's Kursk Offensive. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Monday called on "all parties" to abide by the "three principles" for de-escalating the situation: "no expansion of the battlefield, no escalation of fighting, and no fueling the flame."  (Newsweek) Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the U.N. estimates that at least 11,520 civilians have been killed and at least 23,640 injured.  (Independent)

08/11/2024 A reported fire at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) was likely started by the Russian military. (Independent)

08/10/2024 Ukrainian forces have begun "to push the war out into the aggressor's territory," President Volodymyr Zelensky said. This statement marks Mr. Zelensky's most public acknowledgement of Ukraine's cross-border incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast, which began on Aug. 6. (Independent) 

08/09/2024 Russia declared a “federal level” emergency in the Kursk region following a large-scale incursion from Ukraine. (AP)

Russia had evacuated tens of thousands of people from its border region and launched a "counter-terror operation" as it struggled to contain a major Ukrainian incursion. (AFP)

05/17/2024 China has repeatedly denied allegations that it supplies Russia with weapons. But US Secretary of State Antony Blinken points out that about 70% of the machine tools and 90% of the microelectronics for war machine Russia imports come from China. (BBC)

02/23/2024 China has called for a cease-fire between Ukraine and Moscow and the opening of peace talks as part of a 12-point proposal to end the conflict, meanwhile, China abstained when the U.N. General Assembly approved a nonbinding resolution that calls for Russia to end hostilities in Ukraine and withdraw its forces. The resolution passed 141-7 with 32 abstentions. (NBC News)

01/11/2024 China's 2023 two-way trade with Russia hit $240 billion, setting yet another new record. (Reuters)

08/21/2023 Russia overtook Saudi Arabia as China’s largest oil supplier in the first half of 2023 and retained pole position in July. (Oilprice.com)

02/24/2022 The Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. (Independent)

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