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Fumio Kishida’s visit to Kyiv comes as rival China is visiting Moscow for talks with Russia’s president.

The two most fraught conversations this week both have Chinese President Xi Jinping on one side. In Moscow, he's currently talking to his Russian counterpart and host, Vladimir Putin. In a video conference or phone call that's assumed to follow within days, he'll then interface with the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr…

Xi signs an agreement with Russian president Vladimir Putin cementing their ‘no limits’ partnership.

Xi offered Putin a significant show of solidarity by visiting Moscow this week.

‘There is no way that you could create a nuclear explosion with depleted uranium’

Late-night talks in Canberra signal hope of bipartisanship on referendum; defence industry minister admits ‘scope’ for more cost; Trump tension in US

It comes as the Russian President held talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Moscow

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping spoke for more than four hours in a meeting at the Kremlin, warmly praising each other as a "dear friend".

"In love, there is always one who kisses, and one who offers the cheek." That French proverb was borrowed by Winston Churchill's daughter to describe the British prime minister's relationship during World War II with US president Franklin D. Roosevelt. When observing the optics of Xi Jinping's three-day state visit…

Russian leader reacts to comments by UK defence minister that Britain will supply armour-piercing rounds to Kyiv

The Russian leader said Moscow will ‘respond accordingly’ if the West supplies weapons ‘with a nuclear component’ to Ukraine.