Sustained Chinese purchases of discounted Russian crude refill Moscow's war chest, underwriting a high-tempo ballistic-missile campaign against Ukraine that forces Kyiv into mobilization concessions and accelerates allied air-defense buildout.
// Cascade Logic
China buys more Russian oil → war financing replenished → Russia sustains 90+ monthly missile strikes → Ukrainian mobilization pressure + NATO air-defense surge
// Causal Graph
// Causal Links
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Higher Chinese crude offtake sustains Russian export revenue and hard-currency inflows that finance continued missile production and high strike tempo.