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Eugene

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Sun Sep 14, 2025, 05:58 AM Yesterday

(Ukraine) Trump's China peacekeepers plan draws fire from Democrats

Source: The Hill

Democrat warns against Chinese peacekeepers in Ukraine

by Laura Kelly - 09/12/25 10:57 AM ET

The top Democrat investigating U.S.-China relations is raising alarm over President Trump’s reported suggestion that Chinese troops could serve as peacekeepers after a truce between Russia and Ukraine.

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), the ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, called such ideas “absurd” in a letter sent Thursday to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who also serves as the acting national security adviser.

“Beijing is not an impartial actor in this war. The PRC [People’s Republic of China] has no genuine interest in defending Ukraine against future Russian aggression. The United States’ position on this matter must be unequivocal: PRC ‘peacekeepers’ in Ukraine are not a solution to the conflict,” he wrote in the letter, which was exclusively obtained by The Hill.

Trump has made ending Russia’s war in Ukraine a priority of his second term but has stalled out in trying to entice Russian President Vladimir Putin to accept a ceasefire. A high-profile face-to-face meeting in Alaska last month appeared to embolden Moscow to increase the intensity of its attacks on Ukraine, with Russian drones crossing over into Polish territory on Wednesday in a major escalation against NATO.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5500728-us-china-relations-ukraine/

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