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Xi welcomes Putin in Beijing, hails China’s ‘unyielding’ ties with Russia

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing at the start of a visit focused on energy security. While Xi hailed his country's "unyielding" ties with Russia, Putin praised the "unprecedentedly high level" of bilateral cooperation despite "unfavourable external factors", without naming any third country.

France 24

Putin and Xi hail ties and energy trade at China talks

China and Russia's leaders have shared warm words and stressed their growing trade and energy ties at a summit in Beijing just days after Donald Trump's visit.

AAP

Xi and Putin meet to reaffirm China-Russia ties days after Trump's visit to Beijing

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing in a meeting meant to reaffirm ties days after a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to China

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Putin claims Russia-China ties at record high during Beijing visit

On Wednesday, Putin said he had held "substantive" talks with Beijing on bilateral cooperation.

Euronews

Washington or Moscow: China’s Xi Jinping hosts Putin days after Trump visit

Less than a week after the US president’s visit to China, it is now Vladimir Putin who is heading to Beijing. The question is which leader will prove the more persuasive partner for China — Washington or Moscow?

Euronews

Russia has breached three-day ceasefire with Ukraine, says Zelenskyy

Ukraine president says Russian army is ‘not complying’ with the US-mediated truce and is ‘not even really trying to’

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s forces launch daytime assault on Ukrainian city with hundreds of drones

Over 400 drones were launched at the country in broad daylight

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Fire erupts at major Black Sea port oil refinery after fourth Ukrainian attack in two weeks

Trump says he and Putin have discussed a temporary ceasefire marking Victory Day next month, though Ukraine wants to see the details

The Independent UK

Trump and Putin discuss Iran war and float temporary Ukraine ceasefire in call

Russian president welcomed decision to extend Iran ceasefire in what US president said was a ‘very good conversation’

The Guardian - UK

Putin, Trump hold 90-minute call on Iran, Ukraine war: Russia proposes Kyiv ceasefire for Victory Day

Presidents Putin and Trump held a 1.5-hour call discussing the Middle East war and Ukraine. Putin backed Trump's Iran ceasefire extension, viewing it as a stabilizing move. He also proposed a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine for Victory Day, aiming to advance peace negotiations.

The Times of India

Trump admits that Putin could be helping Iran despite what his envoy claimed

‘I think he might be helping them a little bit, yeah, I guess,’ the president said in a new interview

The Independent UK

A Trump-Putin call about Iran quietly shifted gears, and now Ukraine has every reason to be nervous

Iran, Ukraine both got discussed.

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Trump and Putin discuss end to Iran and Ukraine wars on call

This was the first call between Trump and Putin since the beginning of the war with Iran.

Axios

Arms race fears as last US-Russia nuclear pact expires after over half a century

Putin had indicated a willingness to maintain the treaty's limits for an additional year

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Euronews

Xi Jinping discusses growing links, ties with US and global crises in video call with Vladimir Putin

China’s Xi Jinping held a video call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss bilateral ties and exchange strategies and views on current geopolitical tensions. The call between the two allies came just before President Xi held a wide-ranging phone call with US President Donald Trump.

The Guardian - UK

Trump claims Putin agreed to halt strikes on Ukraine energy sites amid extreme cold

US president says he made appeal to Russian leader, but no ceasefire has been confirmed by Moscow or Kyiv

The Independent UK

Russia, Ukraine and the US are holding peace talks in Abu Dhabi. They're coming at a key moment

Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. envoys are meeting in the United Arab Emirates, the first known instance that officials from the Trump administration have sat down with both countries as part of Washington’s push to end Moscow’s nearly 4-year-old invasion

Axios

Trump's envoys meet Putin for four hours on Ukraine

They'll head to Abu Dhabi next for trilateral talks.

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Evening Standard

Russia joins landmark trilateral Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi as Zelensky says: 'It's all about the land'

First trilateral talks on Ukraine war follow late-night meeting between Vladimir Putin and three US envoys in Moscow

Euronews

US negotiators meet Putin in Moscow for overnight Ukraine peace talks

Ukraine's president criticised his European allies at Davos for their slow response to Russia's all-out invasion, as US negotiators met with Putin in Moscow to seek a peace deal.

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: ‘Brutal’ attack on Kyiv leaves millions without power as Abu Dhabi peace talks end without breakthrough

Second day of landmark negotiations came as dozens injured and one killed in major Russian missile and drone attack, according to Ukrainian officials

The Guardian - UK

Russia says it has moved its nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles into Belarus – as it happened

Move could feasibly allow Russian missiles to reach European targets faster from Belarus, its neighbouring ally that also shares a border with Nato countries Poland, Lithuania and Latvia

Axios

Putin tells Trump Ukraine attacked his residence, which Kyiv denies

Zelensky says Russia fabricated the alleged strike.

Radio France Internationale

Trump says US and Ukraine 'a lot closer' on peace deal but 'thorny issues' remain

US President Donald Trump has said that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were "getting a lot closer, maybe very close" to an agreement to end the war in Ukraine, but acknowledged that the fate of the Donbas region remains a key unresolved issue.

Axios

Trump: We are "closer than ever" to a Russia-Ukraine peace deal

Sunday's meeting between Trump and Zelensky comes at the height of Trump's diplomatic push to reach a peace agreement.

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