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TexasTowelie

(122,528 posts)
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 08:06 AM Aug 2

Grand Betrayal: China Attempts to Weaken Russia. Putin Non-Responsive. 30,000 Men - The Russian Dude



In this explosive deep-dive into the crumbling alliance of authoritarian regimes, we expose China’s cold, calculated attempt to keep Russia bleeding in Ukraine without lifting a finger to help. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s vague statement that Beijing “can’t accept Russia losing” isn’t support—it’s strategy. China doesn’t want Russia to win; it wants a desperate, dependent nuclear buffer that keeps U.S. attention locked on Europe while Beijing eyes Taiwan. Meanwhile, North Korea is going all-in, reportedly sending 30,000 soldiers to the front lines in Ukraine in a surreal move that smells more of desperation than strategy. Pyongyang’s goal? Build “blood debt” with Putin and demand military tech, favors, and recognition later.

As Putin’s war effort falters, Russia leans on rogue states, importing not just weapons but manpower—from North Korean troops to foreign mercenaries—while Russian citizens wonder why their own sons are still being swept off the streets for conscription. Russian military bases are now training North Korean forces, launching North Korean ballistic missiles into civilian areas in Ukraine, and building a grotesque partnership that’s more transactional than ideological.

This isn’t a brotherhood—it’s a sinking ship alliance. China wants obedience, not victory. North Korea wants leverage, not peace. And Putin just wants to avoid losing—even if it means turning his war into an outsourced bloodbath. What emerges is a dark, cynical picture of global geopolitics where authoritarian states use each other as cannon fodder and bargaining chips. Ukraine isn’t just fighting for its borders—it’s fighting against a grotesque system where dictators trade lives for power. A must-watch if you want the raw truth about the China-Russia-North Korea axis, Putin’s failing war machine, and the real cost of geopolitical betrayal.
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Grand Betrayal: China Attempts to Weaken Russia. Putin Non-Responsive. 30,000 Men - The Russian Dude (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2 OP
Russia has been on it's back foot vs. China for some time. Putin wishes he had China's cash & production capacity. dutch777 Aug 2 #1
It is God's world, not our world. Gum Logger Aug 2 #2

dutch777

(4,690 posts)
1. Russia has been on it's back foot vs. China for some time. Putin wishes he had China's cash & production capacity.
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 08:43 AM
Aug 2

But Xi has plenty of his own problems and is certainly focused on his desire for Taiwan and maintaining his own increasingly moribund and troubled domestic economy. The Ukraine war, in addition to focusing much Western attention away from China, also is absorbing a lot of weaponry and other military resources that would be available to support Taiwan if Xi ever pulls the trigger on an invasion. If you look at the gaming scenarios of a full on Chinese attempt to take Taiwan by force, unless Taiwan and the US just roll over, it will be a blood bath on both sides. While our military tech and training gives us an edge, China's larger numbers in ships, aircraft and missiles operating close to home, the losses in ships, aircraft and personnel will be staggering for both sides.

One also has to worry that should China pull that trigger, there will never be a better time for North Korea to attack South Korea and for Putin to take a shot at the Baltic States. How to go from zero to World War 3 in very short order.

Gum Logger

(186 posts)
2. It is God's world, not our world.
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 09:50 AM
Aug 2

Hopefully, Ukrainian has wreck enough of the Russian military to keep them quiet

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