The White House is already condemning any possible China-brokered peace plan initiative related to Ukraine before it even gets off the ground.
Following Beijing confirming on Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Moscow on Monday through Wednesday to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin, the Biden administration is expressing concern and alarm over a potentially 'bad deal' for Ukraine.
White House national security spokesman John Kirby warned that any unconditional ceasefire would only benefit Putin and his forces as this point.
White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said Friday that an unconditional cease-fire halting Russia's offensive in Ukraine would legitimize Moscow's hold on an estimated 17 percent of Ukrainian territory that was taken by force.
The White House has lately really promoted the idea that it is not in the background making decisions for Kyiv, but that it's the Zelensky administration exercising its own sovereign choices concerning war strategy.
The US may also be alarmed at how open Ukraine appears to be in dealing with China.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday said he spoke with China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang, where the two discussed "The significance of the principle of territorial integrity" and underscored the importance of Zelensky's "Peace Formula" to end Russia's war, which in part calls for Russia to withdraw its troops from all the territory it occupies in Ukraine.
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