Europe has serious levers of pressure on China's decisions regarding Russia-Ukraine war
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Sat, 20 Sep 2025 15:15:00 +0300

Oleh Pendzin, a member of the Economic Discussion Club, said this on Espreso TV."In reality, Europe has serious levers of pressure on China and its decisions regarding the Russian-Ukrainian war. It is my deep conviction that the decision to end the war will be made not in Moscow, but in Beijing, because Russia today is not a sovereign actor, given the fantastic dependence of the Russian economy on China. And now we have seen that as soon as the Poles blocked the railway route, 12 hours later, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PRC, Wang Yi, arrived in Warsaw without warning to immediately find common ground," noted Pendzin.According to him, the main supply routes for Chinese goods to the European market are by tanker fleet, a small amount by air, and about 15% by land, of which 70% goes through Belarus and Poland. Before the active phase of hostilities, there was also a route through Ukraine."Today, the remaining route for China is through Poland. And the Poles have now comprehensively closed this land route due to the Zapad-2025 military exercises, explaining to the Chinese that it is not very good when drones with Chinese components fly into Polish territory," commented the member of the Economic Discussion Club.Russian drones in Polish airspace. BackgroundPolish Armed Forces’ Operational Command put air defense systems and aviation on highest alert due to Russia’s night attack on Ukraine: Russian drones violated the country’s airspace.As a result of a Russian attack on the night of September 10, drone debris fell on a residential building in a village in Poland’s Lublin Voivodeship. No one was injured.Ukraine's President Zelenskyy says Ukraine is ready to help Poland develop an alert and air defense system. Meanwhile, European Commission President von der Leyen announces the EU will build a “drone wall” on the Russia border.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on the violation of Poland’s airspace by Russian drones, stating that Kyiv had warned Warsaw about the UAV movements.On Wednesday, September 10, NATO activated Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty after Russian drones violated Polish territory.Experts say the incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace marks a dangerous new chapter in Russia's war against Ukraine, now stretching into its fourth year.
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