Communist China and Putin’s Russia are the subject of a warning issued by the United States Secret Service, which indicates that the two countries may be working together to plan a military invasion of Taiwan, based on their “borderless partnership”.
During the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Republican Senator Mike Rounds of South Dakota brought up such a potential scenario, asking Avril Haines about it.
At the same time, he addressed the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, asking him about the Pentagon’s plans regarding this eventuality.
China and Russia would collaborate militarily to attack Taiwan
“We see China and Russia, for the first time, exercising together in the relationship with Taiwan and recognizing that this is a place where China certainly wants Russia to work with them, and we see no reason why they would not“, said the head of the US National Directorate of Intelligence (DNI), Avril Haines, on Thursday, May 2.
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse emphasized that the Department of Defense is increasingly concerned about the need for a joint force in the context where Russia and China could collaborate, and this aspect must be taken seriously.
Rounds said “the bottom line is that basically if we were to have a conflict with one, chances are we’d have a second front” that affects planning, equipment and manpower needs. “It’s definitely a possibility,” Haines said.
“The question of how likely it is, I think it differs depending on the scenario.”
Increasing cooperation between the two countries has been observed
Haines pointed out that intelligence assessments point to increased cooperation in the “borderless” partnership between China and Russia, including in areas such as politics, economics, military, technology and others, according to MSN.
We remind you that at the end of 2023, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that relations between Beijing and Moscow had strengthened in 2023.
China-Taiwan. Photo source: EVZ Archive
“In the face of unprecedented changes in the past century and turbulent regional and international conditions, China-Russia relations have maintained healthy and stable development and made steady progress in the right direction,” Xi said during an exchange of messages on New Year’s Day. Year with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
