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Taiwan’s former president urges US to prioritise aiding Ukraine over Taiwan for now

www.theguardian.com Russia-Ukraine war: Taiwan’s former president urges US to prioritise aiding Ukraine over Taiwan for now – as it happened

Tsai Ing-wen says Kyiv needs weapons more urgently than Taipei and says Ukrainian victory will be ‘effective deterrent to future aggression’

Russia-Ukraine war: Taiwan’s former president urges US to prioritise aiding Ukraine over Taiwan for now – as it happened

Tsai, who left office in January, added: “A Ukrainian victory will serve as the most effective deterrent to future aggression.” This suggests Tsai believes that US military support for Kyiv... would help deter China from a cross-strait attack.

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  • Sadly, time is running out for Ukraine and Taiwan. The new “administration” will make sure of that.

  • This is interesting, and I feel bad for Taiwan and Ukraine, for what's about to happen to both of them after Trump takes office again