Talks between Russian and Ukraine foreign ministers in Turkey fail to make progress; growing Western fears Putin could use chemical weapons as Russia’s conventional battle tactics are frustrated. Follow updates here.
Ukraine’s stiff resistance against the invasion by Russian forces could be a model for Taiwan to defend itself should China choose to violate the island’s “sovereignty” by attacking, a senior US defence official told a Senate hearing on Thursday .
Under the United States’ “one China” policy, Washington only acknowledges China’s stance that the island belongs to it, but takes no position on Taiwan’s sovereignty. Jessica Lewis, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, told senators that the United States continues to urge Taiwan to procure asymmetric systems, which had been “used to great effect in Ukraine.”
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