'I invest in weapons your enemies want right now - Donald Trump just risked a doomsday clash with China'

Suspending US military aid and intelligence to Ukraine will have far-reaching consequences, warns investor Davis Richardson.

Before we explore how he's come to think about this, let's examine why Ukraine matters so much to foreign powers.

Ukraine is often viewed as a proxy war for a wider conflict between the West and Russia - and a new axis that's forming against it, namely China, North Korea and Iran.

As Ukraine's defence industry is innovating faster than the West and its adversaries, whoever wins this war (if in fact, it's winnable) will come to acquire the technological capabilities that could shape future conflicts and the global balance of power.

Richardson has a better understanding than most of the stakes in Ukraine as he is a limited partner (LP) investor in Green Flag Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in Ukrainian defence tech companies such as Swarmer.

Swarmer develops AI-driven, autonomous multi-drone systems tested on the frontlines of Ukraine.

Thanks to the war, Ukraine is now a world leader in the technology of drones, which are cheaper to produce - therefore more scalable - and deadlier than many provided by the West.

It is this precise reason why walking away from Ukraine is a fatal move for America as it could ultimately embolden China in the race for military supremacy, warns Richardson.

"The new weapons being deployed in Ukraine, with AI and drone warfare, will also be incorporated in any future conflict with China," he told GB News.

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He continued: "If the US backs away and China becomes a trading partner of Ukraine, Beijing could benefit from Ukraine's tremendous wealth of intellectual property and technological capabilities developed during wartime conditions."

As he explains, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has prioritised investment into the country’s defence tech sector through the Brave1 initiative, which promotes key Ukrainian companies and teams to US investors.

"They are often incorporated in Delaware or friendly countries like Poland or Estonia, with Ukrainian teams overseeing R&D in Ukraine," he told GB News.

Although the current capital committed to these companies is small by US standards, there has been significant interest in these teams, especially from Denmark, according to Richardson.

"These teams are incredibly innovative, particularly around swarm technology for drones and producing at scale."

Having this infrastructure and expertise fall into China's hands would be a "doomsday situation", the investor fears, especially as the US prepares to recalibrate its focus on the Pacific region.

"The technology being developed right now is seen by many as a precursor to what could come with China.”

It's also an "unwise calculation" to think Russia is somehow separate from the axis of China and Iran, and could be somehow turned towards the US, the investor says.

This axis would share Ukraine's military capabilities between them, which would be a "disaster" for the United States, warns Richardson

"Ukraine wants to be an ally to the US - it does not want to be an ally to China, because China has supplied Putin's regime with weapons which kill Ukrainians."