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Originally Posted by GGG
The interesting thing here is that China has the leverage to crush Russia with sanctions. They also benefit from having a strong Russia. They may be able to dictate terms to Russia at this point. They likely can cut off Iranian weapons to Russia as well.
So how big is Chinas desire to present itself as peacemaker to the world? Would Ukraine accept 2021 boarders and no NATO? Could China force Russia to concede that? I don’t think that Ukraine accepts anything less than 2021 boarders. But that would be a pretty big loss for Russia to swallow.
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Zelensky already rejected that proposal previously and Ukrainian public opinion polling showed overwhelmingly they would not accept the 2021 borders.
With all the military aide incoming to Ukraine doubling down on a surge for an offensive, and an exhausted Russian military, I do not see the 2021 boarders being acceptable to Ukraine or NATO atm.