before leaving warsaw this morning the president met with leaders from nato s eastern flank and reaffirmed their joint commitment quoting the white house here to, quote, stand with the ukrainian people for as long as it takes. vladimir putin was also alliance building, meeting with china s top envoy saying cooperation between their two countries is very important for, quote, stabilizing the international situation. russia wants weapons from china. the pentagon spokeswoman today warning, quote, it would certainly be a miscalculation of china to provide lethal aid to russia. president biden had a similar answer today when abc s david murer asked him. what s your message to putin on that? it s a big mistake, not very responsible. but i don t really think he s thinking of using nuclear weapons or things like that. he snled the opposite today suggesting it s a war of restoring the ocean russian and soviet empire, speaking at a concert marking tomorrow s defender of the fathe
In his first international engagement, China's new defence minister talked up closer cooperation as he held a video conference with his Russian counterpart on Wednesday. Dong Jun, who took office a month ago, spoke with Russia's Sergei Shoigu and "exchanged views on international and regional issues of common interest", China's defence ministry said in a statement. In the face of global challenges, the Chinese and Russian militaries should be bolstering mutual trust and expanding cooperation to
The United States has expanded the list of sanctioned Russia-affiliated entities involved in facilitating Moscow’s armed aggression against Ukraine, the U.S. Treasure Department announced on Nov. 2.
A pro-Ukrainian prankster disrupted a Russian-Chinese online conference on import substitution measures for goods that were lost due to Western sanctions, according to a video from the event shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Oct. 27.