Russia’s protracted war in Ukraine could create a variety of outcomes for China to exploit against the United States, Western officials have warned.

“The Chinese goal [with respect to Ukraine is], they either want us to deplete ourselves — spend all our time, money and attention on it — because they understand that every penny and every dollar we spend there is money that we can’t spend in the Indo-Pacific,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a senior member of the foreign relations and intelligence committees, told the Washington Examiner.