Belarus will be obligated to join if Russia formally declares war.
Personally I won’t be surprised to see Iran, Pakistan, and a few other SCO guys joining in. Ukraine is seen as the west they all hate..wonder if North Korea wants to play.
China has a very impressive list of allies.
WW3 would be horrific, I believe.
That’s a good point, Russia will have some friends if they’re forced to declare war in Ukraine - the question Americans have to ask is whether this Neocon dream scenario was really worth it.
Like Outer Mongolia?
China depends on sales of their products to the USA and other western nations. They cannot and will not tolerate anything that disrupts that business. Russia couldn't even get Xi to talk about Ukraine in his recent meetings with him.
Right now the Ukrainians are firing Chinese made mortar shells at the Russians. The Chinese are pragmatic, not dogmatic.