Unity at the United Nations is a rare thing. And even if the Western allies have tirelessly declared for months that Russia was largely isolated in its war of aggression against Ukraine, in the end, this was little more than wishful thinking (China.Table reported). Brazil, India, the states of the Middle East, but also many states in Africa and Latin America have at no time clearly condemned Russia’s invasion. On the contrary, the Chinese leadership in Beijing has instead even shifted the blame for the escalation to the United States and its allies.