Xi's March 20-22 trip comes after China last month published a plan for 'a political resolution of the Ukraine crisis' & after a senior Chinese diplomat called for negotiations.
President Putin Tuesday delivered a nuclear warning to the West, suspending a nuclear arms control treaty, announcing new strategic systems & warning Moscow could resume nuclear tests.
It was signed by then-US President Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in 2010. It caps the number of strategic nuclear warheads that the two nations can deploy.
The BUK-TELAR missile system was used to shoot down MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur over eastern Ukraine on 17 July 2014 that killed 298 people, investigators said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin remotely observed the annual exercise, called 'Grom' or 'Thunder' that involved nuclear submarines, strategic bombers and ballistic missiles.
Zelenskyy said the attacks had struck on a 'very wide' scale. With winter approaching, the potential for freezing misery looms as Russia continues to attack Ukraine's power grid.
Kremlin-installed chief of Kherson announced the 'gradual displacement' of civilians from 4 towns. Russian forces have been driven back by 20-30 km in the last few weeks from the region.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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