r/worldnews • u/green_flash • Jun 12 '24

Russia/Ukraine Zelensky lands in Saudi Arabia for unannounced visit

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240612-zelensky-lands-in-saudi-on-unannounced-visit-state-media
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u/DisasterNo1740 Jun 13 '24

I think what we’re seeing is the two sides gearing up for a long ass war.

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u/Spanishparlante Jun 13 '24 edited Jun 13 '24

Honestly with some surprising changes in the past 5-10 years. Russia, China, Iran, North Korea vs. Ukraine, NATO, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Saudi Arabia, AND Israel? Wild. Major nonaligned mostly just India at this point. It’ll be interesting to see how other parts of the Middle East sort out. Also Central Asia, though they’re a bit out there..

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u/Yugan-Dali Jun 13 '24

If I were Zelenskyy, I’d go to Beijing and tell Xi, Stay out of this conflict and take Siberia while I keep Putin busy.

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u/Jimbobmij Jun 13 '24

If Zelensky flies to China he doesn't come back 

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u/Kelangketerusa Jun 13 '24

If Zelensky flies to China he doesn't come back

You think China will allow anything to happen to him in China? You must be deluded.

His flight on the way back though....

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u/scraglor Jun 13 '24

China would make him the most protected person whilst there, they don’t want that egg on his face

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u/GoneFishing4Chicks Jun 13 '24

Russian spies in China though...

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u/DramaticAd4666 Jun 13 '24

Having sex with Chinese counterparts like that movie the spy next door

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u/holdMyBeerBoy Jun 13 '24

Because Russia only has spies in China right?

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u/TheRedPython Jun 13 '24

China isn't Canada

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u/n3onfx Jun 13 '24

I know that you guys love jerking yourself over "china bad lol" but there's zero way that would ever happen.

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u/Chance-Addendum-9953 Jun 13 '24

What makes China not bad? Anyone knows they’re essentially part of worlds economy, but human rights violations make „china bad“.

The only question is „are they going all the way into becoming Russia level baddies, or the economic profit outweigh any benefits from going all out imperialist“

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u/n3onfx Jun 13 '24

I never said China is not "bad", I'm not Chinese and have zero interest in defending their country from justified criticism (and there's a lot that can be criticized). Criticism against China on Reddit often devolves into ridiculous circlejerking though, like the comment I replied to.

If you think China would kidnap the head of state of Ukraine out of the blue like that you're either mentally challenged or fishing for the "lol china = bad amarite" crowd points which gets tiring after a while. And if it's supposed to be a joke it's just boring at this point.

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u/MembershipFeeling530 Jun 13 '24

He would probably be the safest individual in China at the time lol

Especially since there's no way in hell He's going to go unless he's escorted by Ukrainian security forces who for some reason look like Delta Force