RUSSIA’S Vladimir Putin will meet with China’s Xi Jinping today, as the desperate dictator seeks to form ever-closer bonds with the Asian superpower.
The Chinese president arrived on Monday morning for a round of negotiations with Putin, set to take place at 4:30pm Moscow time, with the Russian leader desperate for aid in his bloodthirsty invasion of Ukraine.
Despite Putin’s desperation, China has been careful to avoid voicing outright support for Putin’s war, but the closening ties between the two nations have sparked fear among Western leaders.
Sky News’ international editor, Dominic Waghorn, said: “That is not to say China has nothing to gain from this war, quite the opposite. It now has Russia over a barrel quite literally. Unable to sell oil and gas elsewhere Russia is doing so to China on Beijing’s terms, a guaranteed source of cheap energy.”
This comes as the British Ministry of Defence revealed Russia lost a staggering “30,000 troops” in its attempts to take the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
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