Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the European Union’s top diplomat that Beijing can’t accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine as this could allow the United States to turn its full attention to China,

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi reportedly told the EU that Beijing views a Russian defeat in Ukraine as unacceptable, fearing it would allow the US to concentrate on China. Despite China's official neutrality,

The European Union and Moldova, at their first joint summit, signed a declaration identifying Russia as a threat. Both sides condemned the actions of the Russian regime in Ukraine, according to the website of the European Commission.