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Trump Claims China and Russia Not Helping Iran
Confirmed
In Short: President Donald Trump claimed in July that China and Russia were not aiding Iran in the ongoing conflict, stating that they had 'too much to lose' if they were to support Tehran, according to Arabnews (Saudi Arabia) and The Jerusalem Post (Israel).
Trump's comments came amid a backdrop of continued military engagements between the United States and Iran, which began on February 28 with attacks by the US and Israel on Iran, followed by Iran's retaliatory strikes on Israel and Gulf states that host US bases, as reported by Arabnews (Saudi Arabia) and The Jerusalem Post (Israel).
In a subsequent statement on Truth Social, Trump reiterated his stance, asserting that he had seen comments from critics and opponents suggesting that China and Russia were indeed helping Iran, Arabnews (Saudi Arabia) and The Jerusalem Post (Israel) reported.
However, these claims were met with skepticism from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who stated on Monday that Russia was continuing missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, despite Trump's assertion of an 'energy ceasefire' designed to protect energy-related infrastructure in Russia and Ukraine, as reported by NPR.
Zelenskyy's comments were echoed by Kyiv Post (Ukraine), which reported that Russian forces had launched a massive wave of missile and drone attacks across Ukraine, killing two women in Kyiv and three people in Kharkiv, where a missile strike destroyed part of a four-story apartment building.
The Kyiv Post (Ukraine) also noted that Russian independent outlet Astra, citing OSINT analysts, identified the likely target as the Voronezh Semiconductor Devices Plant-Assembly, a claim later confirmed by the Ukrainian military.
In contrast, Kyiv Post (Ukraine) reported that no casualties were reported according to regional authorities, while Kyivindependent (Ukraine) reported that Zelensky wrote on Telegram that if Russia agreed to refrain from striking Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Ukraine would reciprocate.
Despite the conflicting reports, both Arabnews (Saudi Arabia) and The Jerusalem Post (Israel) agreed that Trump believed China and Russia were not aiding Iran, and that they had too much to lose if they were to support Tehran.
The Jerusalem Post (Israel) and Arabnews (Saudi Arabia) also reported that Trump had previously described Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin as 'neutral' during the Iran war.
While the reports from Arabnews (Saudi Arabia) and The Jerusalem Post (Israel) align on Trump's claims about China and Russia, they differ on the specifics of the ongoing conflict and the impact of the attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure.
The reports from Arabnews (Saudi Arabia) and The Jerusalem Post (Israel) agree that Trump believes China and Russia are not aiding Iran, and that they have too much to lose if they were to support Tehran.
The reports from Arabnews (Saudi Arabia) and The Jerusalem Post (Israel) agree that Trump believes China and Russia are not aiding Iran, and that they have too much to lose if they were to support Tehran.
What's confirmed
- Trump said in July he trusted China and Russia not to help Tehran in the Iran war, but warned that if they did get involved "it would be very bad for them." The United States and Iran have been at war since February 28 when the US and Israel attacked Iran and Tehran responded with its own strikes on Israel and Gulf states that host US bases.
- Trump has previously described Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin as "neutral" during the Iran war.
- WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said late on Monday he did not believe that China and Russia were helping Iran "at all," adding that Moscow and Beijing had "too much to lose" if they enabled Tehran.
- “They started attacking oil refineries and openly declared the goal of damaging our economy. Did they achieve their goal. Partially,” Putin said at a meeting of the Valdai Club forum of international foreign policy experts.
What's still developing
- "The US administration, in turn, issued a general license authorizing Russian diesel supplies to the global market until April 7, 2027," TASS reported.
- The group claims the outage lasted weeks and delayed deliveries, while Ukraine said the facility was previously hit in June during a missile strike.
- These concerns were heightened by former U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s summer visit to the democratically ruled island that the Chinese Communist Party claims as part of its sovereign territory.
- The Ukrainian Navy is claiming one of its uncrewed surface vessels (USV) sank a Russian USV, marking the first time one of these weapons, also known as drone boats, destroyed another.
- During operations, the Sargan 3000 connects to Ukraine’s Delta situational awareness system, “enabling the real-time transmission of target data, video feeds, and telemetry to operators,” AmalNews noted.
- "If the partners are ready to ensure Russia’s real desire not to strike our electricity, other energy facilities, critical infrastructure, and food movement, then we are, of course, ready to ensure the corresponding absence of our strikes," Zelensky wrote on Telegram.
- On Sept. 10 Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Kyiv is not offering a "permanent settlement that would fully align with ( Russian ) interests" and merely seeks a truce in an area that is Ukraine's "Achilles' heel."
- The Defense Ministry said late Sunday that recent strikes on refineries in cities, including Moscow, Yaroslavl, Ust-Luga, Perm, Saratov and Syzran, had disabled 51% of Russia's oil refining capacity.
- "There may be people under the rubble of the residential building that was hit. A search and rescue operation is underway," Terekhov wrote on his Telegram channel.
- Russian authorities denied Tuesday that they were imposing anti-plague measures after a laboratory technician reportedly died of the disease, as Washington called on Moscow to be "transparent" about the situation.
- Based on the information currently available, the United Nations health agency "estimates the risk to be moderate to low for Irkutsk", spokesman Christian Lindmeier told a press briefing in Geneva.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine will intensify its attacks on oil refineries in Russia in response to what he called Moscow’s “new doctrine” regarding air attacks.