China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi reportedly told the EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas on July 3 that the country cannot afford for Russia to lose the war in Ukraine amid fears the U.S. would shift focus towards Beijing,

In tense EU talks, China warned that a Russian defeat in Ukraine would shift US strategic focus toward Beijing and denied any military aid to Moscow

As NATO meets in The Hague, a Kyiv think tank says Europe must face the Russian threat with reduced U.S. support.