With Xi at Moscow, Washington Warns Against Russia Attempting ‘To Freeze the War on Its Own Terms’

China, meanwhile, appears willing to offer Russia unlimited moral and diplomatic support, also economic and commercial breaks, but not the weaponry the Russians crave for embattled troops.

Grigory Sysoyev, Sputnik, Kremlin pool via AP
Presidents Xi, left, and Putin at the Kremlin on March 20, 2023. Grigory Sysoyev, Sputnik, Kremlin pool via AP

The leaders of the Sino-Russian axis get down to hard talk Tuesday in their summit at the Kremlin, but nobody expects the presidents of China and Russia to be debating whether Russia should withdraw its troops from territory taken over by force in Ukraine. 

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