in moscow tonight, vladimir putin is hosting a leader who could potentially change the course of his war against ukraine. the chinese president xi jinping. this comes at a critical time for russia s invasion as western officials warn china against supplying putin with weapons. cnn s selina wang has our report. reporter: tonight a high stakes show of force in moscow, china s president xi jinping and russia s vladimir putin shaking hands and stressing close ties, while showing off their vision of a post-american world order. translator: it is true that both of our countries share the same or similar goals. reporter: the pomp and circumstance a credibility boost for russian leader vladimir putin, displaying that he s got a powerful friend in chinese
border with russia. now they re closer to about 250,000 troops with another 250,000 in reserves. they have they re much better trained. their equipment is certainly better. but unfortunately, they re just the military capabilities, there is an enormous mismatch with regard to russia s air power. it will have air dominance almost instantly, as soon as the first shots are fired. it has very powerful cyber capabilities, electronic warfare capabilities, long-range fires. and these can be very difficult for the ukrainian forces to contend with. but they do have a strong will to fight to defend their country. and therefore they re likely to inflict some casualties on russian forces. potentially not enough to deter vladimir putin s aspirations to conduct a military operation against ukraine. i asked you what the response was to the president in moscow tonight, nic, but president biden had a message for the citizens of russia as well. let s listen and i ll get your response.
market for american goods and services? the hacking leading up to the auction obviously took a lot of focus. they are wondering the same thing, what he ll do, in moscow tonight. senior foreign affairs correspondent amy kellogg tells us what s at stake. will he or won t he? russians want to know what president trump will do about the sanctions president obama put in place. some say sanctions have flopped. the fact is sanctions did not work. they didn t change russian policy in any way. secondly, it has united russia around president putin whose popularity throughout sanction time actually increased dramatically prayed the head of russian sovereign wealth fund met with one of trump s top advisors. democrat senators are looking into whether that was a violation of sanctions. he says russia s vast market presents a world of investment opportunities for the
market for american goods and services? the hacking leading up to the auction obviously took a lot of focus. they are wondering the same thing, what he ll do, in moscow tonight. senior foreign affairs correspondent amy kellogg tells us what s at stake. will he or won t he? russians want to know what president trump will do about the sanctions president obama put in place. some say sanctions have flopped. the fact is sanctions did not work. they didn t change russian policy in any way. secondly, it has united russia around president putin whose popularity throughout sanction time actually increased dramatically prayed the head of russian sovereign wealth fund met with one of trump s top advisors. democrat senators are looking into whether that was a violation of sanctions. he says russia s vast market presents a world of investment
barbara mentioning the russians beefing up their presence. tonight, there was a major russian missile misfire. a number of missiles aimed at syria actually exploded in iran. russia won t admit it made a mistake but the defense secretary of the u.s. ashton carter says, not so fast. we did have some indications that that was the case. if so, that would indicate malfunctions of those missiles. in moscow tonight, matthew, that would indicate something had gone wrong. maybe the technology subpar. who knows. why is russia denying the misfire? reporter: well, i mean, the indication is that something went wrong coming from u.s. officials but from the kremlin side, they are categorically denying that. they are saying, look, we fired 26 of the advanced cruise missiles that we never used before in battle and all of them hit their targets. so they released a very angry