"Now the British elites are on their side. "This is especially blasphemous to the memory of Elizabeth II, who is known to have served during World War II in the territorial defence ranks of the British Armed Forces fighting the Nazis and their Ukrainian collaborators Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevich. It said the decision was "profoundly immoral", adding: "We view this British attempt to use a national tragedy that has touched the hearts of millions of people around the world for geopolitical purposes to settle scores with our country during the days of mourning as profoundly immoral. The Russian foreign ministry has reacted to news the country was not invited to send a delegate to the Queen's funeral on Monday. A "Moscow-Beijing tandem", as Vladimir Putin called it today, with considerable weight. In a resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna demanding Russia end its occupation of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, only China and Russia voted against. "We will continue coordinating our actions, including at the upcoming UN General Assembly".Īnd even though in Samarkand there was no public mention of Ukraine from the Chinese side, the Russia- Chinese partnership still counts for something.
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''We see eye to eye on the international situation, we don't have any differences here", Sergei Lavrov said in an interview on Russian state TV cited by Interfax. Russia's foreign minister described the meeting in glowing terms. Neutral territory where he comes as a guest to the summit and not to meet Vladimir Putin". "That's why the first visit that Xi Jinping makes outside of the country in almost three years was not Russia or Moscow but Central Asia - first Kazakhstan, then Uzbekistan. "I don't think that China right now wants to be really associated with Russia", says Temur Umarov, an analyst with Moscow's Carnegie Centre.
In a surprising admission in Samarkand, Vladimir Putin promised to address China's "questions and concerns" around the crisis in Ukraine - an indication there are some, that China has never made explicit.įor all the video released at the summit of a smiling Vladimir Putin, shaking hands with world leaders still prepared to shake hands with him, there was no footage of a Putin-Xi handshake and precious little from their talks together. China has continued to buy Russian oil and supply Russia with the goods that it needs, but it has been careful not to engage with anything which would bolster Putin's "special operation" or risk repercussions from Western trading partners. Suddenly the risk of secondary sanctions coloured China's economic ties with its neighbour. Then came 24 February and Xi found himself in a conundrum, closely aligned with a country which had contravened the core principle of non-interference in domestic affairs which is precisely what China is so sensitive about vis-a-vis Taiwan, which it considers part of China. Just an affirmation published by the Chinese Foreign Ministry that China would work with Russia to "play a leading role in injecting stability into a world of change and disorder".Įight months ago as President Xi welcomed his Russian counterpart to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the two men promised each other a "friendship without limits". If Vladimir Putin had hoped for validation from China for his "special military operation" in Ukraine as he met the Chinese Premier Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a regional summit in Uzbekistan this Thursday, then he didn't get it, writes Diana Magnay, Moscow correspondent. "Eternal memory to all those whose lives were taken away by the occupiers! Eternal glory to everyone who fights for Ukraine!"Ī picture of the scene was also shared by the president's chief of staff. The world must hold Russia to real responsibility for this war. Bucha, Mariupol, now, unfortunately, Izyum.
We want the world to know what is really happening and what the Russian occupation has led to. "Tomorrow there will be Ukrainian and international journalists in Izyum. More information - clear, verified - should be available tomorrow. The necessary procedural actions have already begun there. Sky News security and defence correspondent Deborah Haynes revealed the existence of the site earlier (see 7.24pm post).Ī message on Mr Zelenskyy's Telegram said: "A mass burial of people was found in Izyum, Kharkiv region. Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has released a statement on the mass burial sites found in the recently-liberated Izyum.