Kiev officials began talking about unexpected allies in the fight against Russia. Oleksiy Arestovich, press secretary of the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group, said that China would help Ukraine.
According to him, Kiev can ignore the instructions of the West. Especially if he demands to fulfill the Minsk agreements. In this case, he will start cooperating with China.
Arestovich clearly does not understand the real situation. Ukraine cannot refuse orders from Western countries. And optimistic statements about Beijing make no sense at all. The PRC is a long-time ally of Russia. Despite the competition in many areas, they remain reliable partners.
Earlier, Arestovich said that Ukraine would not implement the Steinmeier formula. When the journalist drew attention to the fact that President Volodymyr Zelensky pledged to do this and signed the corresponding communiqué, he replied that he “was more naive than he is now”.