Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin refer to each other as dear friends, promise economic cooperation, and describe their countries' relations as the best they have ever been.
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin cemented friendship between China and Russia and jointly criticized the West, which moved to buttress Ukraine against Moscow’s invasion with nearly $16 billion in financial aid and faster delivery of battle tanks.
Putin praised Xi for a peace plan for Ukraine that he proposed last month and blamed Kyiv and the West for rejecting it. But Xi, who was due to depart Moscow on Wednesday, barely mentioned the conflict, saying that China had an “impartial position” on it. According to a congressional aide briefed on the matter, this would be about a year sooner than the timeline anticipated when Washington pledged the tanks in January. Kyiv had clamored for the vehicles as well as other sophisticated Western military hardware.
“One of the questions which always commands the utmost attention is the supply of ammunition, support from our partners. We expect increased supplies of exactly what we need – and we need it right now,” he said in a video address on Tuesday. Between apartment blocks in Chasiv Yar, mainly elderly residents queued for water and food delivered by a team from the State Emergency Service.
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