Somehow i feel like the translation made the meaning to be reversed.

“”" … When asked about China’s ongoing military exercise with Belarus, Stoltenberg (NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg) said: “The Chinese exercise together with Belarusian forces … just confirms how authoritarian regimes are aligning more and more, and also how China is coming closer to NATO, in Europe, in Africa and the Arctic and elsewhere.” …“”"

Isn’t this how Fallout starts?