Listen to the news

China's political and material support for Russia is against the interests of the United States, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said today, quoted by Reuters.

All about the topic:

Russian invasion of Ukraine 9943

At the same time, he specified that at the moment Washington has no evidence that Beijing has supplied Moscow with "lethal weapons" for its war against Ukraine.

Blinken spoke to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee just hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Russia ended.

Xi spoke Monday and Tuesday with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on his first visit abroad since being re-elected earlier this month to an unprecedented third term in office.

The message from the Putin-Xi meeting is that there is an alternative to the American dictate, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said today, quoted by TASS.

This is what the joint statement of Russia and China on Ukraine contains

The significance of the war in Ukraine extends far beyond that country, with the conflict having a profound impact in Asia, Blinken stressed.

He argued that China is watching "very carefully" what is happening in Ukraine and will draw lessons from how the world counters Russian aggression.

Communist China considers Taiwan its territory and is ready to defend its claims to the democratic self-governing island with force if necessary, BTA notes.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russia

USA

China

Anthony Blinken