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| Vladimir Putin greets Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow this week. Photograph: Kremlin/Reuters |
Overnight, a swarm of Russian drones was fired into Ukraine, killing at least four people. The military sent around 100 personnel and 28 vehicles to the location and claimed to have shot down 16 of the 21 Iranian-made Shahed suicide drones. Every time someone in Moscow attempts to hear the phrase "peace," another order is given there for such illegal attacks, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
President Xi Jinping of China departed Moscow with assurances of goodwill but made few public references to the conflict. In order to put an end to the largest crisis in Europe since World War Two, the White House encouraged Beijing to put pressure on Moscow to leave Ukraine. The West has mainly dismissed Russia's peace proposal for Ukraine as ambiguous and a ruse to gain time for Putin to regroup his forces.
Although Kyiv and the West have rejected the idea, Putin has thanked Xi for it. Russia asserts that China must acknowledge territorial realities in response to Ukraine's request for Beijing to accept its own peace proposal. Significant Russian airstrikes have decreased significantly in recent weeks, according to Western nations, who claim Moscow is out of missiles and drones. As Ukraine regained control of the area, Russia mounted a big winter onslaught, using thousands of prisoners and reservists as mercenaries.
Although having won the conflict decisively, Russia has been unwilling to evacuate its Bakhmut defenses because it fears a Ukrainian onslaught. In response to claims that it was giving Ukraine ammunition containing depleted uranium, Britain has denied the claims and is giving Ukraine protective shells.
SOURCE: Reuters
