Russia could find itself 'naked and barefoot' without assistance from China: Former Russian commander

A erstwhile Russian subject commander turned blogger said connected societal media this week that nan Russian subject needs a "lend-lease" statement pinch China if it wants to person immoderate dream of winning nan warfare successful Ukraine.

Igor Girkin, a erstwhile Russian intelligence serviceman who played a cardinal domiciled successful nan country’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, said connected Telegram this week that China "is nan only state that could springiness america a lend-lease to proceed this warfare pinch immoderate level of success."

Girkin, an outspoken professional of Russian President Vladimir Putin, added that Russia is "catastrophically lacking" successful "ammunition, shells and artillery propellants."

Without nan thief from China, Girkin explained that "we won’t conscionable beryllium incapable to conflict for arsenic agelong arsenic we want" but could besides "simply find ourselves naked and barefoot successful each consciousness against nan force arsenic early arsenic nan mediate aliases extremity of this year."

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands pinch his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping astatine nan Kremlin successful Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019.  (Reuters/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool)

Girkin’s comments come nan aforesaid week Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that nan United States has grounds China is considering providing lethal support to Russia which nan State Department has said is simply a move that will person "consequences."

"The [People’s Republic of China] understands what’s astatine consequence were it to proceed pinch providing worldly support to Russia’s warfare against Ukraine," State  Department Spokesperson Ned Price said.  "We’ve been clear we will not hesitate to target Chinese companies aliases individuals that break our sanctions, and we’re monitoring very vigilantly for imaginable violations." 

CHINESE OFFICIAL URGES NATO TO ‘GROW OUT OF’ ITS ‘COLD WAR MENTALITY’ TOWARDS RUSSIA, CHINA

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses a media convention aft nan EU-Ukraine acme successful Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023.  (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

The German newspaper Der Spiegel reported this week that Russia is in talks pinch China to acquisition 100 combat drones.

Additionally, Chinese overseas curate Wang Yi made a visit to Moscow this week to meet pinch apical Russian officials and Putin himself.

Former intelligence serviceman Rebekah Koffler told Fox News Digital connected Thursday that China's determination calculus is "entirely rational" arsenic helping Russia’s militarily keeps nan U.S. bogged down successful Ukraine and focusing connected nan European theatre arsenic Beijing eyes Taiwan. 

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President Joe Biden, right, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hug arsenic they opportunity goodbye astatine nan Memorial Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine  (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

"The biggest situation for nan United States would beryllium to person to beryllium engaged successful 2 wars simultaneously, albeit by proxy – 1 pinch Russia, connected behalf of Ukraine, and nan different pinch China, connected behalf of Taiwan," Koffler said. "There are concerns wrong nan Pentagon astir really agelong U.S. stockpile would past if Russia and China were to situation america successful a two-theater war." 

Friday marked nan one-year day of Russia's penetration into Ukraine which resulted successful a struggle that lasted overmuch longer than astir experts anticipated and is believed to person killed complete 100,000 Russian soldiers, 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers, and 7,000 Ukrainian civilians.

Fox News’ Bradford Betz contributed to this report