https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-60492134
Xi is the puppet master here. This can't end unless Xi directs Putin to end it.
If Putin installs his own puppet in Ukraine, that works for Xi. But this seems to have always been about Russia/China wanting the US in a diminished role in the world - with NATO no longer worth anything and the US/EU more and more dependent on importing fuels.
The only way out of this is energy and materials independence. Whatever it takes. Biden and the EU leaders have to remove the restrictions they've added in recent years. Otherwise, China is just going to keep squeezing.