live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 2am in moscow, where president putin has wrapped up talks with chinese president xi jinping for a second day. the two leaders have been discussing what s been described as a peace plan for ukraine, put forward by beijing. president putin has also warned that if the uk goes ahead with a plan to supply ammunition to ukraine, then russia will be forced to respond. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. take two world leaders. ..a dash of kremlin choreography. ..and you get this. the symbolism was clear. on the world stage, xi and putin, china and russia, are coming together to forge what they claim is a strong partnership. the talk at the table was about expanding cooperation, but equal partners they are not. russia, under pressure over its war in ukraine, is increasingly dependent on china. and vladimir putin is increasingly critical of the west. later, he slammed the
one? very limited one, i would say. china will not go behind russia s - china will not go behind russia s back. if there is a conversation, hypothetically, between xi and zelensky think moscow will be informed. china sibley cannot afford turning its back on russia. at this moment, given the broader geo political circumstances. plus, look, the so called peace plan, this will point peace plan that china has offered, is not the aps plan, it is more of a position paper. it repeats many points and statements that were made on multiple occasions, multiple times, by xi and other chinese officials, so i don t think that ukraine, the war in ukraine, is really in focus here for the chinese. they care more about their own geopolitical interests worldwide, so i am not holding my breath, expecting that china will broker a peace solution between