An Eastern European political expert told Newsweek that Asian forces in Ukraine 'is totally improbable.'
Eastern Neighborhood and Russia research program at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, toldvia email that Russia's top propaganda figures have looked"a lot less self-confident" in recent weeks based on various concerning statements.
"In the aftermath of Xi's visit to Moscow which did not produce many ascertaining results for Russia but followed by top-level contacts between China and the West, their task is to convince the domestic audience that China does support Russia—whatever is the reality," Moshes said. While the selling of munitions from either China or North Korea to Russia cannot be entirely ruled, he added that Solovyov's wishes for volunteer fighters"is totally improbable."
"Their appearance on the front, when discovered and proven, would be such a blow on the international reputation of China, that it [can] hardly afford it," he said, adding that the risk itself would be too great.
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