An unusual and mostly forgotten pledge Chinese President Xi Jinping signed in 2013 that China would protect Ukraine in the event of a nuclear attack is getting fresh attention following Russia’s invasion of its neighbor
Beijing’s 2013 promise to protect Ukraine in a nuclear attack appears to now further muddy its stance on Russia’s invasion
More than two weeks of Russian bombing have left Ukraine’s second-largest city in ruins. WSJ’s Yaroslav Trofimov reports from Kharkiv, where residents clear debris during the day and shelter underground at night.
. Yet Beijing appeared to be promising more than it had in past commitments, and why it singled out Ukraine for such an arrangement has confounded nuclear experts ever since.
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