It has nearly been a month since the Russia-Ukraine conflict has begun.
While all countries react to the crisis in different ways, China has taken the choice of sending humanitarian aid to Ukraine, in stark contrast to the US which sent military aid.
However, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister spoke out last Friday specifically to China, addressing the fact that they do not wish for humanitarian aid at this moment and even going so far as to condemn China’s continued economic support of Russia while the Western world scrambles to sanction Russia.
China vs US aid
China has provided its first batch of humanitarian supplies worth USD$791,000 to Ukraine, which included aid such as
- food
- baby formula
- sleeping bags
- quilts
- damp-proof mats
In contrast, the US has provided nearly 1 billion USD worth of military aid, including
- 800 anti-aircraft systems
- 9,000 portable, high-accuracy anti-armor systems
- 7,000 small arms including machine guns and grenade launchers
- 20 million rounds of ammunition, artillery, and mortar rounds
China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian, in a press conference dated 18 March, justifies the difference in aid by stating that the “latest US assistance of weapons” will “cause more civilian casualties”, and what Ukraine needs the most right now is humanitarian aid to assist with the civilian crisis.
He also pointed fingers at the US for sending “lethal weapons” in contrast to China’s “much-needed humanitarian supplies”, even citing the US’ previous military operations and air strikes that led to loss of civilian life, to show the historical difference in the countries’ stances towards the civilian crisis.
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Ukraine’s response
However, the Ukraine Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk has bluntly called out China’s choice of aid. On the 18 March, Vereshchuk posted a Facebook update denouncing China’s aid as “absolutely not serious” and “not worthy of the status of a great respectable country”.
She pointed out that humanitarian aid was insufficient when Russia was bombing and attacking civilian ground, and that great military aid is needed to counter their attacks.
Furthermore, she went out to directly call out China’s continued support of Russia in their lack of sanctions and economic transactions as per usual, as well as China’s possible economic aid in the works to save Russia’s flailing economy.
“And we call on China to stop supporting those who bomb residential areas of the Ukrainian cities!” she concludes, punctuating her sentence with an impactful exclamation mark.
As more and more countries, related or unrelated to the Ukrainian crisis are tugged into the midst of the conflict and forced to take a stance, the long-bubbling tensions of international relations rise to the surface.
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