we talk about it with alina hrytsenko, columnist of the national institute of strategic studies. alina, i welcome you, thank you for joining, but earlier attempts of the west in this matter ... were not very successful and there was no way to get china's support for a diplomatic solution to the war in ukraine, do you think this visit by blinken or something with... changed or affected, good evening, i would not say that this visit of antony blinken will change anything significantly in china's position regarding the russian-ukrainian war, china will continue to adhere to, will adhere to the so-called neutrality, while maintaining fairly close ties with the russian federation, to which it does not simply provide assistance, as, for example, by analogy, as it happens between western states and ukraine. china continues to do business with russia, selling... certain spare parts, components, etc., without supplying them for free, and it must be said that this actually happens not only in relation to the russian federation, but also in relation to ukraine. we also purchase drones and ce