A China and Russia war alliance has been no surprise.
https://centerforsecuritypolicy.org/ukraine-invasion-time-for-beijing-to-rethink-taiwan/
Perhaps some day, Russia and China might double-cross the other, but that could be a long ways down the road. Thus, its another potential Nuclear+War+Scenario.
https://sofrep.com/news/this-wargame-revealed-russias-supremacy-over-nato
A Wargame can be used to determine various likely and unlikely scenarios.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wargame#Computer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames#Influence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident
http://nuclearhotseat.com/2022/03/02/nuclear-ukraine-in-a-russian-war-zone-chernobyl-reactors
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Chernobyl
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=WarGames
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=conflict
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Russian+nuclear+forces
