" The meeting between President Xi and Vladimir Putin will help bring peace between Moscow and Ukraine ."
Thus spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry Wang Wenbin , on the occasion of the visit of the number one from Beijing to Russia. The meeting would "serve to further tighten economic ties between the two countries and to lay the foundations for a 'new world order'".
But, despite the enthusiasm for the air of "newness" arriving, the cautious Russian openness to the Chinese peace plan for Ukraine does not seem to herald imminent solutions. No talks scheduled between Xi and Zelensky , while the White House accuses China of not being impartial .
Beijing's reply was not long in coming and the country rejects all the accusations. Tensions then rose after London announced it was sending a supply of depleted uranium munitions to Kiev . Moscow's response was furious, according to which the United Kingdom's choice to "foster" the conflict with similar weapons " would lead to a nuclear confrontation ". "If the West began to use weapons with nuclear components, Russia would be forced to react thundered Putin. But London doesn't seem scared and doubles the Challenger tanks for Kiev to around thirty.
Meanwhile Ukrainian forces continue to repel enemy fire : 114 Russian attacks in Donetsk were thwarted yesterday alone . And Russian troops continue to concentrate their offensives in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mariinka and Shakhtarsk directions, targeting civilian infrastructure . For its part, the Ukrainian Air Force conducted six strikes against Russian bases, while the ground forces destroyed an ammunition depot, two anti-aircraft missile systems, a radar station and another unidentified key military facility.
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