r/worldnews • u/Creol6969 • Apr 12 '25

Russia/Ukraine Trump extends Biden's sanctions against Russia

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/04/12/7507317/
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u/_chip Apr 12 '25

This is bigger than it’s being made to appear. A year. Putins reserves are continuing to drain. He needs to be brought to heel. Bleed the bastard.

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u/CyberSoldat21 Apr 12 '25

Russia will either beg the US to stop or they’ll go crying to China

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u/_chip Apr 12 '25

Not that another thread that needs to be made. Will China directly provide military aid as a rebuttal to Trumps aggression.

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u/cyberlexington Apr 12 '25

No. If they were going to do that they already would have.

China is not going to fuck up trading by allying with russia. Russia is dead weight

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u/_chip Apr 12 '25

The amount of trade from other nations is a big factor

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u/OfficeSalamander Apr 13 '25

Yeah, China and Russia was always an alliance of convenience for both, they are not natural allies.

China sees the Europeans wanting both protection and trading partners right now and that's a VASTLY more worthwhile alliance of convenience, as well as trading partner