There is a little known historical fact about the First World War; China sent 150,000 men to the west to help win the war against Germany and Turkey etc. Their contribution delivering ammunition and with logistics and combat engineering skill like building trenches was not an unimportant contribution to victory. They are probably helping Russia with a very small percent of that number in order to shore up Russia's attempt to defend itself against N.A.T.O. member infiltration eastward. It would not be surprising if China sent as many soldiers to Russia to support its historically correct assertion of a right to rule half of Ukraine as it did to help France and Belgium defend themselves in the First World War. China lost between 2000 to 20,000 men in that conflict and were largely neglected by the allies later when Japan began its invasion of China.
Non-combatant support forces relieve combatants from the necessary support tasks and let them fight instead of digging in. The fact that history may be repeating itself against underscores the point that people or at least political leaders do not learn from history; human nature and original sin prevail to drive lemming leadership to battle in senseless, needless, costly conflicts.
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