US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker has attacked China for supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and has accused Beijing of waging a “proxy war” to distract the West. “China thinks they’re fighting a proxy war through Russia,” the diplomat told Fox Business on July 22. “They want to keep the US and our allies occupied with this war, so that we cannot focus on our other strategic challenges.”

Ambassador Whitaker’s comments came amid growing international scrutiny of China’s role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In recent months, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused China of directly providing Russia with weapons. Beijing has denied the claims. More recently, Reuters has reported that Chinese-made engines are being covertly shipped via front companies to a s

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