Putin and Xi vow to step up fight to counter US ‘containment’ China's President Xi Jinping, left, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, attend an official welcoming ceremony Thursday in front of the Great Hall of the People ... (photo: AP / Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) West Hawaii Today China Photos Russia US Foreign Policy Wikipedia: ChinaRussia relations Massive Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea leaves Sevastopol without power Russian authorities say a massive Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea has left the city of Sevastopol without power and set a refinery ablaze in southern Russia. Friday's dr... (photo: AP / Efrem Lukatsky, File) San Francisco Chronicle Crimea Photos Russia Ukraine War Wikipedia: Russo-Ukrainian War Russia expels British defence attaché in tit-for-tat move Russia has ordered the British defence attaché in Moscow to leave within a week in a tit-for-tat move that underlines fraught relations between London and the Kremlin. |... 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(photo: Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP / AFP or licensors) Naharnet Photos Russia US States Ukraine Putin to meet Xi in Beijing as world convulses from global conflicts Chinese leader Xi Jinping will welcome Vladimir Putin to China on Thursday for the Russian president’s second visit in less than a year – the latest sign of their gro... (photo: AP / Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) CNN Photos Russia Vladimir Putin Wikipedia: Vladimir Putin Xi Jinping Putin names technocrat as defence chief to help steer Russia’s war economy Kremlin says Andrei Belousov will prevent repeat of 1980s mistakes that crippled Soviet Union | Andrei Belousov: Russia's new defence minister. Photograph: Gavriil Grigor... (photo: AP / Sergey Ponomarev) The Irish Times Andrei Belousov Photos Russia Vladimir Putin Wikipedia: Vladimir Putin Ukraine's Zelenskyy says his army is locked in 'fierce' border battles amid a Russian assault Kyiv, Ukraine — Ukrainian troops are locked in intense battles with the advancing Russian army in two border areas, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, while the death ... (photo: AP / Andreea Alexandru) Detroit news Photos Russian Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelenskyy Wikipedia: Volodymyr Zelenskyy
