The Chinese leader will reportedly make a trip to the Russian capital as early as next week Chinese President Xi Jinping is planning a trip to Moscow to hold talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and could arrive as early as next week, Reuters reported on Monday, citing anonymous sources.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is not fighting against the people of Ukraine, but instead is facing down their leadership and outside forces who are using the country as a proxy. He claimed that Ukrainian soldiers are being used as cannon fodder by what he called the “neo-Nazi regime” in Kiev.

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