@piggo

re putin: agreed
re china not agreeing to this: I wouldn't be so sure. 1) opportunity to get some advantage = bring Russia closer to chest now rather than wait another year when they go bankrupt for real; 2) low risk - they'd end up in the same position as the West supplying Ukraine; 3) I don't know much about Chinese, but their foreign policy does not seem to be driven by moral qualms, just plain cost/benefit analysis. Now if you expect us cutting trade ties with China like we did with Russian, I am afraid that would be a proper economic harakiri for ourselves actually.