After a series of stunning military defeats in Ukraine over the past week, Russia is playing up China’s support for its invasion, days before President Vladimir Putin meets his Chinese counterpart at a regional summit in Uzbekistan, according to a report by CNN, which said China’s top legislator Li Zhansu met Vyacheslav Volodin, chair of the State Duma, and Russian lawmakers in Moscow after attending a business forum in Vladivostok.
A statement from the Duma said Li assured members that “China understands and supports Russia on issues that represent its vital interests, in particular the situation in Ukraine”, where the US and NATO were expanding their presence near the Russian borders, the report said, noting that the Russian statement used “unequivocal supportive language” that was “missing from the Chinese readout of the meetings”, and that Li was not quoted as making any reference to Ukraine at all in an account run by Xinhua.
Read the full report: CNN.
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