Xi Jinping's visit is a boost to Moscow as it struggles to make ground in its year-long war on Ukraine. But it was criticized by the U.S. as providing 'diplomatic cover' for Vladimir Putin and for the war crimes his forces are accused of committing.
Thomson ReutersRussian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on Tuesday.Putin admitted that was unlikely to happen anytime soon, deriding the U.S. and Ukraine's allies for supporting the war "to the last Ukrainian," Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported.
China has refrained from condemning Russia or referring to Moscow's intervention in its neighbour as an "invasion." It has also criticized Western sanctions on Russia.Xi's visit is a boost to Moscow as it struggles to make ground in its year-long war on Ukraine. But China was criticized by Washington as providing "diplomatic cover" for Putin and for the war crimes his forces are accused of committing there.
In a trip pointedly coinciding with Xi's Moscow talks, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday to deliver a message of solidarity and support for Ukraine. Japan is due to host a G7 summit in Hiroshima in May. Tokyo has continually voiced support for Ukraine and joined other G7 countries in extending sanctions against Russia.
Ukraine said Russia's main aim was to reach the borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the Donbas, large areas of which are already under Russian control.
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