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China's Xi to meet Putin in Moscow next week
BBC ^ | 3/17/2023 | Steve Rosenberg

Posted on 03/17/2023 7:38:11 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

China's President Xi Jinping will travel to Moscow next week to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, officials say.

The Kremlin said they would discuss a "comprehensive partnership and strategic co-operation".

The visit comes as Beijing, an ally of Russia, has offered proposals to end the war in Ukraine, to which the West has given a lukewarm reception.

Western countries have warned Beijing against supplying Moscow with weapons.

This will be President Xi's first visit to Russia since Russian troops invaded Ukraine. He is due to have lunch with Mr Putin on Monday followed by talks on Tuesday.

A foreign ministry spokeswoman said China would uphold "an objective and fair position" on the war in Ukraine and "play a constructive role in promoting talks for peace".

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's spokesperson said that China playing a genuine role in restoring sovereignty to Ukraine would be welcomed.

The fact the Chinese leader is going to Russia signals Beijing's strong support for Moscow. There's no surprise about that: Mr Putin and Mr Xi share a similar world view, both embrace the idea of a multi-polar world.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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To: Republican Wildcat

Ukraine DID FALL in a few2 weeks. What Russia is waging war against now is not Ukraine, it is NATO proxy force consisting of NATO arms and money and hoho bodies along with whatever mercs nato can dredge up and nato operators for anything more complicated than a WW-1 field piece.


21 posted on 03/17/2023 4:25:46 PM PDT by ganeemead (Ukraine/Zelensky: Adding an element of chutzpah to ordinary Nazism...)
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To: ganeemead

“Ukraine DID FALL in a few2 weeks”

Is that why the Ukrainians killed off your elite Russian VDV paratroopers? And defeat the Russian tanks headed to Kyiv?

The Ukrainians won the battle of Hostomel and of Kyiv by themselves, defeating you Russians.

They’ve been pushing you Russians back since then.


22 posted on 03/17/2023 11:30:08 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

There wasn’t any “baattle of Kiev”. Russians didn’t begin to have enough force on the ground for that. The action was meant to fix hohos around KIiev while real action was taking place elsewhere. That worked, and the fixing force left.


23 posted on 03/17/2023 11:42:58 PM PDT by ganeemead (Ukraine/Zelensky: Adding an element of chutzpah to ordinary Nazism...)
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To: ganeemead; Republican Wildcat

Ganee, If you say now “Ukraine DID FALL in a few2 weeks”

Why did you write

On 20th april 2022
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4056328/posts?page=1#1
“Ukraine is losing this conflict and losing it badly”

If they already fell in march, why are you saying they “are” losing in April?

Then on 28th May 2022
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4066863/posts?page=51#51
“you have about two weeks before the big collapse”

Fyi, there was no Ukrainian collapse in June 2023, rather Russia lost at Mykolaiv, losing any chance of taking Odessa.

And also on 16th May 2022 you wrote
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4063755/posts?page=5#5
“Look for mass surrender of Uki forces within the next two or three weeks.”

Err.. no mass surrender of troops in June or July, or indeed anytime during this Russian invasion.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4054049/posts?page=35#35
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ganeemead to marcusmaximus
What are all you nato shills gonna do two weeks from non when ukraine surrenders


24 posted on 03/17/2023 11:46:50 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: ganeemead

Ganeemead “there wasn’t any battle of Kyiv “

That’s the opposite of what you said last year.

And yes, there was a battle of Kyiv

The Battle of Kyiv was part of the Kyiv offensive in the Russian invasion of Ukraine for control of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, and surrounding districts. The combatants were elements of the Russian Armed Forces and Ukrainian Armed Forces. The battle lasted from 25 February 2022 to 2 April 2022 and ended with the withdrawal of Russian forces.

Russian forces engaged Ukrainian troops at Hostomel Airport on 24 February 2022

Following the successful Ukrainian counterattacks in late March, Russia announced it was withdrawing its forces from the Kyiv area on 29 March.


25 posted on 03/17/2023 11:54:06 PM PDT by Cronos
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