Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Beijing. File photoBEJING, Apr 3Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian posted a cartoon on his Twitter mocking Washington's requests to take sides. on Twitter, attaching to the publication a cartoon with a hand in the form of a US flag holding a gun to the temple of another person. who started all this.» The cartoon depicts a man in the image of Uncle Sam, symbolizing the United States, who asks the question: «Why is China not making more efforts to put out the fire?» «with the help of gasoline. Earlier, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that the United States would like to hear from Beijing words of condemnation against the Russian leadership and the military for actions on Ukraine. On March 18, a conversation took place between US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the White House following the conversation reported that Biden told the Chinese leader about the consequences of supporting the Russian special operation. jpg» />The Chinese Foreign Ministry ridiculed the favorite speech of Western diplomatsRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
