Xi Jinping criticized what he called a U.S.-led campaign of “encirclement and suppression.” His new foreign minister said it was impossible for China not to fight back.
Amid persistent rumors of Ukrainian withdrawal from the war’s most prolonged battle, officials said nothing about the size or purpose of the reinforcement.
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