Putin launched its ‘special military operation’ against Ukraine on February 24, with the Russian president claiming his goal was to "demilitarise and de-Nazify Ukraine”. Since then, Moscow has claimed it had "generally accomplished" the aims of the invasion's first phase. However, Russia has failed to take control of Kyiv, and has lost previously held towns to Ukrainian forces in the weeks since the ‘operation’ began. Now, experts have said the prolonged conflict between Russia and the West-backed Ukraine is a warning to China about a potential conflict. Zhou Chenming, a researcher from the Yuan Wang military science and technology think...