Russian agencies announced around 4:30 p.m. the end of talks in the Kremin between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. In Ukraine, the Japanese Prime Minister made a surprise visit, notably to Bouchra (photo). “As I set foot in Boutcha today and witness all the brutality that has taken place there, I feel a strong sense of outrage.“, said Fumio Kishida, adding that “the whole world is shocked” by these atrocities.
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin tried to convince the world of their unfailing friendship and the merits of the Chinese peace plan for the conflict in Ukraine. A plan which, according to Kremlin door-keeper Dmitry Peskov, does not have the opportunity to be taken into account by kyiv because the Europeans and Washington prevent Ukraine from thinking for itself.
The NATO boss said on Tuesday that China should speak directly to Ukraine. Xi must dialogue “directly” with Zelensky, believes Jens Stoltenberg.
At the same time, Russian diplomacy is trying to smooth things over on theabout children”brought by force to Russia” and the arrest warrant issued by the ICC against Putin. Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Vasily Nebenzya reiterated intends to return the children who have been evacuated from the conflict zone to Ukraine when conditions there are safe enough for this. “We wanted to spare them from the danger that military activities could represent“, he clarified.
On the various fronts, fighting continues but Russian advances are minimal. In question, the growing tensions within the Kremlin forces themselves. The state army has to deal with an increasingly arrogant Wagner private militia in the field whose methods do not quite fit the military ideal, as many soldiers show on social networks. To ensure success, the “executives” of Wagner do not hesitate to sacrifice fighters in order to locate the Ukrainian positions. Because inside Wagner itself, there would be a two-speed army. The experienced mercenaries, precious, and used as special forces, and then the others, the cannon fodder, the habitual criminals, the recruited to make numbers, to go to the front line, in the company of army conscripts Russian.