Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he would recruit 300,000 reservists to invade Ukraine, and China's attitude has attracted attention.
The war between Russia and Ukraine is at a stalemate. After Russian President Vladimir Putin recently announced the recruitment of 300,000 reservists, it was reported that there was a "run" tide of wealthy people fleeing in Russia, which also caused heated discussions among Chinese netizens. Scholars believe that Putin has reached the point where he is out of tune and will eventually fail.
Seven months after Russia invaded Ukraine, Putin delivered a national speech on the morning of Wednesday (21st) local time, and Russia entered a state of partial mobilization on the same day. The Russian Defense Minister subsequently announced that 300,000 reserve troops would be called up. Putin also threatened that "Russia will use all available means when its territorial integrity is threatened. This is not intimidation." He even accused the West of intimidating Russia first, threatening to use weapons of mass destruction.
Chinese officials are still "relaxing"
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a press conference on the same day in response to a reporter's question, "China's position on the Ukraine crisis has always been clear. We call on relevant parties to achieve a ceasefire and stop war through dialogue and negotiation, and find a solution that accommodates all parties as soon as possible. legitimate security concerns, and we hope that the international community will create conditions and space for this.”
Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of the Global Times, commented that after Russia took the first step to go to war, it took the second step of "going out". He warned that the war had effectively escalated between Russia and NATO, both possessing supernuclear forces: "The situation in Ukraine needs an emergency brake, while the scale of the war is now under control, a ceasefire, a need for negotiations, It's not that Russia and NATO are constantly increasing their confrontation. Please don't forget that a military conflict between nuclear forces will not produce absolute victory or defeat. Whoever tries to completely defeat the other side is crazy."
Chinese netizens mock Putin
Cai Shenkun, a current affairs commentator, believes that Putin's series of actions in the Russian-Ukrainian war can be said to have reached the point of "poor skills". He told this station on Thursday: "Anyone who holds on to power, he is most afraid of losing, so his face is very important. This war caught Putin by surprise and completely unexpected. So, he now Desperate to consolidate what has been achieved, however, the way he is now basically falls short of the goal."
On Sina Weibo, many Chinese netizens mocked Russia and demanded that the government maintain neutrality between Russia and Ukraine for national interests. Netizen "Zhiyanzhiyan" wrote that Russia will lose! Putin must lose! "The special military operation has actually turned into the Great Patriotic War, (this is) the biggest joke in the world since World War II." Netizens left a message with "Sneaky Fy": Only "go out" when there is no way out. Some netizens said that the Chinese government should proceed from its own interests, not help Putin, and remain neutral.
Officials in the system oppose involvement in the Russian-Ukrainian war
Gao Licheng, a former international news editor for a Hebei-based media outlet, told the station that most Chinese people do not want the government to help Putin, including most senior officials in the system. Because China's entry has triggered Western sanctions, which harmed the vital interests of senior officials. However, some people like war. He said: "Some people, very willing to participate in this war, he may evolve into a global confrontation between democracy and authoritarianism, which is the so-called third world war. For him (some people) , he really wants to work hard in this direction, but he encounters greater resistance at home. Because too many people don't want to throw China's fate into a war."
After Putin issued a partial draft order, many people in Russia who were worried about being recruited to the front line in Ukraine accelerated their flight from Russia. Another source said Putin would arrest anyone of the right age who tried to evade a draft order and put them in jail. Currently, the most expensive one-way ticket from Russia to Istanbul or Dubai in Turkey has risen to nearly $10,000.
Beijing taboos "referendum" in Ukraine and Russia
Putin also announced his support for a referendum in four Ukrainian states to join Russia. Ukrainian pro-Russian figures announced that Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia will hold referendums on joining Russia from 23 to 27 this month . These 4 regions make up about 15% of Ukraine's territory.
A current affairs commentator, Zhang Yang, told this station that the Chinese government will not support a referendum in any situation, and "referendum" is a taboo word: "Russia's launch of a referendum in its occupied territories will hit China very hard. If his referendum is legal, it means The West can also support the Taiwan referendum because the Communist Party is most afraid of the referendum.”
Since the beginning of September, the Ukrainian army has successively recovered most of the Kharkiv Oblast in northeastern Ukraine occupied by the Russian army. Many comments pointed to the referendum as Putin's last option.
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