CIA Director William Burns says China's President Xi Jinping has been a little sobered by conflict in Ukraine, where the next six months will be 'critical', as fighting enters its 345th day Follow our live coverage👇
Ukrainian servicemen attend a drill of armed forces at the border with Belarus, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine near Chornobyl, Ukraine on February 2, 2023. CIA Director William Burns has said the intelligence agency assesses that China's President Xi Jinping has been a little sobered by the war in Ukraine, but that it would be a mistake to underestimate Beijing and Moscow's commitment to partnership.
Burns, speaking at a foreign policy event at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, also said Xi maintains serious ambitions over Taiwan and warned that conflict over the island nation would be "deeply unfortunate" for all involved. China, which signed a "no limits" partnership with Russia last year, has refrained from condemning its invasion of Ukraine even as Western countries, led by the United States, imposed sweeping sanctions against Moscow.
But Burns, who travelled to Ukraine recently to meet with the country's president, said Xi was likely surprised and unsettled by what he described as the poor performance of Russia's military.Speaking on Moscow's invasion, Burns said the next six months will be "critical" for Ukraine, where Moscow has been making incremental gains in recent weeks.
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