warrant for president putin in relation to alleged war crimes. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. just three days ago, vladimir putin was named as a war crime suspect by the international criminal court, but that didn t stop china s president from flying in and shaking his hand. putin and xi have met many times before but never before has russia s president been under such pressure. his war in ukraine, not going at all according to plan. xijinping called vladimir putin his dear friend , his strategic partner. the kremlin leader said they would discuss china s peace initiative. but there is no detailed chinese plan to end the war in ukraine. what moscow would like from beijing is lethal aid to help it win.
hello, and welcome to bbc news. china s leader credit xijinping is continuing his state visit to russia where he has been warmly welcomed as an old friend by president putin. beijing has built this visit is a visit for peace, and they plan to cut mr putin said moscow is always open to negotiation but americans have worn china s negotiation plan could be a delaying tactic. from moscow, are russia editor reports. just three days ago vladimir putin was named as a war crime suspect by the international criminal court, but that did not stop china s president flying in and shaking his hand. putin and xijinping have met many times before, but never before as
the chinese president xi jinping, who s in moscow, has described russia and china as strategic partners and great neighbouring powers . on the second day of his visit, mr xi invited president vladimir putin to visit beijing this year and said he would make ties with moscow a priority. on friday, the international criminal court accused president putin of war crimes and issued an arrest warrant. china does not recognise the court. from moscow, our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. just three days ago, vladimir putin was named as a war crime suspect by the international criminal court. but that didn t stop china s president flying in, shaking his hand. putin and xi have met many times before, but never before has russia s president been under such pressure. his war in ukraine not going at all according to plan. xijinping called vladimir putin his dear friend , his strategic partner .
hello and welcome to bbc news. the chinese president xi jinping, who s in moscow, has described russia and china as strategic partners and great neighbouring powers . on the second day of his visit, mr xi invited vladimir putin to visit beijing this year, and said he would make ties with moscow a priority. on friday, the international criminal court accused president putin of war crimes, and issued an arrest warrant. china does not recognise the court. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. just three days ago, vladimir putin was named as a war crime suspect by the international criminal court. but that didn t stop china s president flying in, shaking his hand. putin and xi have met many times before, but never before has russia s president been under such pressure. his war in ukraine not
through energy weapons. it is trying to hit europe with poverty and political chaos where it cannot yet use rockets. ukrainian prosecutors have identified a russian war crime suspect thanks in part to reporting you saw here on cnn. back in may we showed you video of russian troops gunning down two civilians in the outskirts of kyiv. now prosecutors have announced the name of one suspect, saying cnn reporting played a key role in their investigation. sara sidner has the story. we want to warn you, some of the images in this report are graphic. reporter: ukrainian prosecutors say this is the moment an undeniable war crime was carried out by russian soldiers. this video clip obtained by cnn has yet to be seen by the public. it shows russian soldiers firing at something alongside a business they have just overtaken on the outskirts of kyiv. turns out their target is two unsuspecting and unarmed ukrainian civilians who they shoot in the back.