I'm starting to believe it's more of a complicated long-game.
The USA keeps pouring billions into the Ukraine and China has been doing the same for the last 20+ years.
Both the USA and China are in it for geopolitical & commodity benefits. For China, it allows for additional exposure of its overseas loan portfolio towards debtor countries at risk of default, countries that are BIG commodity exporting countries (for instance Ukraine and wheat). For USA it's both geopolitical and commodities gain. Ukraine sits as a good access point to Russia. If the USA plays loan shark to Ukraine during their "difficult" times, if Ukraine is able to get out of this conflict intact, they will then owe the USA. Down the line, if the USA has any major issues with Russia, Ukraine would serve as a good spot to place troops and military weapons to attack Russia from, while the USA is also then able to position themselves on opposing fronts around Alaska.
I could be wrong, but why else are both of these opposing forces (USA and China) continuing to dump money into Ukraine?
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