Ukraine-Russia crisis and rising fear of war: All you need to know
India Today
Chinese President Xi Jinping has backed Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in his standoff with the West over Ukraine. While France and Germany announced plans to head to Moscow and Kyiv soon for talks aimed at easing tensions.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has backed Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in his standoff with the West over Ukraine as the two leaders met before the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
The leaders used a joint statement to call out what they called a “minority on the world stage” for advocating “unilateral approaches to resolving international problems and resort to military policy.”
Meanwhile, the leaders of European Union powerhouses France and Germany announced plans to head to Moscow and Kyiv soon for talks aimed at easing tensions.
Here are things to know about the international tensions surrounding Ukraine, which has an estimated 100,000 Russian troops massed along its borders.
Putin got the support of his Chinese counterpart amid fears in the West that Moscow is preparing for military action against Ukraine. Putin met with Xi before the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing and the leaders issued a joint statement highlighting what it called “interference in the internal affairs” of other states, as Russia amasses troops on its border with Ukraine.
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“Some forces representing a minority on the world stage continue to advocate unilateral approaches to resolving international problems and resort to military policy,” it read, in a thinly veiled reference to the US and its allies. The meeting came amid fears in the West that tensions between Russia and Ukraine could spill over into armed conflict.
