Support from china. at this hour, china s top diplomat happens to be in moscow. yeah, china s top diplomat wang yi is in moscow. he is scheduled to speak with sergey lavrov any moment now this according to news agency taas, and the kremlin has not ruled out a meeting between wang yi and putin. this is a chance to exchange views on the relationship and international hot spots which of course would include the war in ukraine. now on tuesday, wang yi met with the head of russia s security council. they discussed an opposition to the cold war mentality. they also discussed a desire to strengthen cooperation. they also discussed the situation in ukraine, though no specifics were given. this meeting, this visit and the entire relationship between china and russia is under immense international scrutiny. last weekend, the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken warned wang yi of consequences if china
That went into effect a while ago. president vladimir putin ordered them to have a 36-hour cease-fire. ukrainian officials are saying this is pure propaganda and an attempt to buy time. the deputy of russia s security council said ukraine said no to the hand of christian mercy. meanwhile, these satellite images show months of fighting had done extensive damage to the eastern sea of bakhmut. russian fire pummelling the city which is still in ukrainian hands. 60% of bakhmut is now destroyed. ukraine is also getting more fire power foreground operations against russia. the u.s. and germany are pledging to deliver armored infantry vehicles as there is expected to be an uptick of fighting. the idea that putin is
Of why these petitions are slowly collapsing. there will be an important meeting in moscow tomorrow of russia s security council. yes, they happen weekly, but this particular one of great emphasis. we may learn exactly what russia s response will be. this to vladimir putin was a bridge of great significance. he opened it personally in 2018 by driving a truck across it. the idea that ukraine could attack it, startling, frankly, in terms of a sign of their capabilities very ses the collapsed in russian. russia s spokesperson was asked whether this would invoke the nuclear doctrine about wrush yeah depending its own territory. his response to that question was inappropriate. we know russia is losing day after day after day on the battlefield, in terms of the symbolism, major infrastructure being attacked. we ll have to wait and see what
Some believe sooner or later, the russians will be back. 0rla guerin, bbc news, kupiansk. earlier on thursday, former russian president dmitry medvedev and now the deputy chairman of russia s security council an advisory body to the kremlin said that moscow could use nuclear weapons to defend annexed ukrainian land. he said, the donbas republics and other territories will be accepted into russia. mr medvedev was, of course, talking about plans to hold what russia is calling referendums in areas of ukraine occupied by russia. the us has been keeping a close watch on these developments. earlier, the white house national security spokesman john kirby spoke with my colleague laura trevelyan.
There are untold stories of suffering here. and some believe sooner or later the russians will be back. orla guerin, bbc news, kupiansk. earlier on thursday former russian president dmitry medvedev and now the deputy chairman of russia s security council an advisory body to the kremlin said that moscow could use nuclear weapons to defend annexed ukrainian land. he said. the donbas republics and other territories will be accepted into russia. russia has announced that not only mr medvedev was, of course, talking about plans to hold what russia is calling referendums in areas of ukraine occupied by russia. the us has been keeping a close watch on these developments. earlier the white house national security spokesman