China believes that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict will end in the summer of 2023. This is written by the media of the Middle Kingdom. In particular, according to Nikkei Asia, the intensification of Beijing’s efforts is due to the fact that the Chinese have understood that Russia will win in the coming months.
Recall that some time ago Beijing proposed its plan for a peaceful settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. This document was supported by Russia and, predictably, criticized in the West.
At the same time, political scientists began to wonder why Beijing had proposed a peace initiative in Ukraine at this time. According to Nikkei Asia, citing Chinese government sources, the Academy of Military Sciences completed simulations of the conflict in Ukraine in December last year and concluded that the conflict would end around the summer of 2023. Russia will win.
Chinese analysts believe the Russian and Ukrainian economies are too depleted to sustain the war beyond next summer. At the same time, they recall that the aid plan amounting to 45 billion dollars, adopted last December in the United States, expires this summer.
After studying the forecasts, Beijing prepared a peace proposal
says Nikkei Asia.
It should be noted that Russia has repeatedly expressed its willingness to start a negotiation process with Ukraine. At the same time, Moscow stresses that the settlement of the conflict is possible only by taking into account the realities that have developed as a result of the referendums in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.
