United States accuses China of lending “every support” for the Russian aggression in Ukraine along with further sanction threats 

Beijing may be subject to more sanctions from the United States and other NATO members in retaliation, the US said on Wednesday, accusing China’s leadership of backing Russia’s war in Ukraine. Deputy Secretary of State for the United States Kurt Campbell told reporters during a visit to Brussels that Europe and NATO nations needed “to send a collective message of caution to China about their conduct, which in his view are destabilizing in the heart of Europe.”  

The Biden administration has increased its attentiveness regarding China’s backing of Russia and in December, it threatened to impose sanctions on financial organizations that assist Russia in dodging Western sanctions.  

Campbell claimed to have briefed the North Atlantic Council (NAC), NATO‘s principal political decision-making body, on Tuesday with American concerns. 

He claimed that Moscow was using Chinese assistance to reassemble parts of its armed forces, such as long-range missile, artillery, and drone capabilities, as well as its tracking skills on the battlefield. 

The United States Accusations

According to Campbell, Russia is now “able to pose a strategic threat to others in Europe” in addition to being able to fight on the ground in Ukraine as a result of the Chinese actions. Beijing and Moscow are getting closer, as seen by the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier in May. Beijing formally deems itself a neutral party to Russia’s full-blown conflict in Ukraine and has denied providing military aid. 

In response to numerous warnings from Washington on China’s military support of Russia, the United States placed sanctions on 20 Chinese and Hong Kong-based businesses last month. Following those moves, the Chinese embassy in Washington stated that normal trade and commercial relations between both nations were compliant with market principles and WTO norms, and Beijing oversaw the export of dual-use items in compliance with laws and regulations. 

Prior to this, U.S. officials cautioned Beijing not to give Russia deadly military support and pushed Beijing to use its clout with Moscow to help bring an end to the conflict.  

The Treasury Department declared that on May 1, the United States slapped additional sanctions against about 300 organizations and individuals in Russia and other nations, including Chinese businesses, for supporting Moscow’s war effort. 

According to the Treasury, the sanctions are meant to counteract evasion and provide backing for Russia’s military-industrial base as well as its programmes to develop deadly and chemical weapons. 

China’s involvement in aiding Russia’s war with Ukraine has been starkly depicted by Washington for its military partners across the Atlantic Ocean, with Beijing being accused of supporting Moscow while attempting to maintain regular ties with Europe. US said that Beijing was supplying Moscow with drone technology, machine tools, microelectronics, and nitrocellulose, which is the primary component of modern gunpowder and is also utilized in some paints and lacquers.  

Daleep Singh, the White House’s Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economics, stated on Tuesday that the United States and its allies were ready to employ export restrictions and sanctions to stop trade between China and Russia that jeopardises their security in the midst of the conflict in Ukraine.  

United States Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo is anticipated to stress the December executive order, warn China about its participation, and ask for additional measures to stop Russia from evading sanctions in a speech on Friday in Berlin.