China’s increasingly closer relationship with Russia has raised doubts in Ukraine over its strategic partnership with Beijing, with Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Melnyk calling China’s position “less and less acceptable” during a foreign policy panel discussion in Kyiv last month. Ukraine is also a major arms supplier to China. Beijing’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, is a refurbished Soviet vessel that was purchased from Ukraine. Ukraine has maintained a strategic partnership with China since 2011, which has allowed trade and defense ties to flourish. Should Ukraine disassociate itself with Russian friends completely ?

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