Ivan Nechepurenko

Russia decorates the fighter pilots who harassed a U.S. Reaper drone that went down in the Black Sea.

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Xi and Putin Bind China and Russia’s Economies Further, Despite War in Ukraine

On the second day of the Chinese leader’s state visit in Moscow, Xi Jinping and Vladimir V. Putin declared an enduring economic partnership, in an effort to insulate their countries from punitive Western measures.

Putin y Xi celebran la colaboración de sus países, a pesar de la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania

El presidente ruso, Vladimir Putin, le dio la bienvenida a Xi Jinping, el máximo dirigente chino, y mencionó brevemente el plan de paz de Pekín para Ucrania, sin dejar de subrayar la sólida cooperación entre Moscú y Pekín.

An explosion in Crimea destroyed Russian cruise missiles, Ukrainian officials say.

Kremlin-appointed authorities in Crimea denied the claim saying that all the drones had been “aimed at civilian objects.”

Putin and Xi Celebrate Ties Unbroken by Russia’s War in Ukraine

President Vladimir V. Putin welcomed Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, to Russia, briefly noting Beijing’s peace plan for Ukraine but stressing Moscow and Beijing’s enduring partnership.

Some Details on the Agenda for Xi Jinping’s Visit to Russia

The Chinese leader is expected to talk to Vladimir V. Putin about Ukraine and other issues.

Defiant Putin Visits Mariupol, a City Razed by Russian Forces

The trip was the Russian leader’s first to territory his forces captured since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and came shortly after an international court issued a warrant for his arrest for war crimes.

Putin Visits Occupied Crimea, a Day After War-Crimes Warrant

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia marked the anniversary of his illegal seizure of the Ukrainian peninsula, signaling defiance to the world and business as usual to his own people.

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Xi, Cast as Peacemaker, Wades Into Russia’s War in Ukraine

China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, is expected to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia next week and speak with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.

Xi and Putin will meet and hold a news conference on Monday.

The meeting could have broad implications for the war in Ukraine and for tensions between Beijing and the United States.