China-Russia-Ukraine: May 2025
This May, China and Russia made bold public statements of mutual support and cooperation: they inked deals spanning investment, trade, energy, space, and culture. Presidents Xi and Putin publicly rejected the U.S.-led world order and articulated a new vision, one with Beijing and Moscow at the center. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s intelligence agency publicized new data demonstrating just how big a material contribution China is making to Russia’s war machine.