Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping arrived at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on March 20 for a three-day state visit to Russia during which he is slated to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
The meeting comes as Russia slowly makes advances in its monthslong operation to capture the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut. The bloody battle has led to massive losses on both sides, especially the Russians.
Madhav Nalapat, a strategic affairs analyst and vice chair of the India-based Manipal Advanced Research Group, said that Xi and Putin are meeting at a time when the war in Ukraine is entering a stage where it can either end conclusively or can drag out into a stalemate….