![]() ![]() The move suggests defence minister Sergei Shoigu has been emboldened by Vladimir Putin's favour after some successful defensive operations in southern Ukraine against the counteroffensive, said the Institute for the Study of War. The mercenary group's leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said he received a letter instructing the group to sign up to MoD command and inform them of the makeup of his forces.Ī member of the Russian state duma defence committee, Viktor Sobolev, said the MoD will not allow volunteers to fight without signing a contract with the ministry, which could effectively make it illegal for Wagner forces to operate in Ukraine, according to military blogger Mobilisation News. The Russian ministry of defence is attempting to restrict the independence of the Wagner Group, military analysts have said. But there is a lot that has to happen before any of that can become reality. And it would give China more kudos on the world stage. And officials in the Biden administration are privately thought to be keen to see Beijing play a role in any peace negotiations to end the war.īeijing could help bring Moscow to the table and, more importantly, hold it to its word. CIA director Bill Burns went to Beijing last month on a secret trip to thaw relations. The deep freeze in contact is a major concern given that a hot, kinetic war is raging in Europe between an ally of China and Western-backed Ukraine.īut efforts are under way to change all that. That was rarely the case between Russia and America even in the depths of the Cold War. Most worrying, there do not seem to be many diplomatic channels open between Washington and Moscow. You are asking the question of the moment, preoccupying the minds of diplomats in Washington, London and other capitals when it comes to the West generally and the US in particular and relations with China.Ĭurrently, Sino-Western relations could not be much worse. International affairs editor Dominic Waghorn had this to say. ![]() Kelsie Brown asked how likely it would be that the UK and the West engage with China on a peace plan. ![]() We've been taking your questions and passing them on to our military experts and senior correspondents. ![]()
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