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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy urges European leaders visiting Kiev to pile more sanctions on Russia while President Putin evokes a famous WWII victory over Nazis to rally his nation as fighting enters its 345th day.
Friday, February 3, 2023
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CIA chief says next six months will be ‘critical’ for Ukraine
CIA Director William Burns has said the intelligence agency assesses that China’s
President Xi Jinping has been a little sobered by the war in
Ukraine, but that it would be a mistake to underestimate Beijing
and Moscow’s commitment to partnership.
Burns, speaking at a foreign policy event at Georgetown
University in Washington, DC, also said Xi maintains serious
ambitions over Taiwan and warned that conflict over the island
nation would be “deeply unfortunate” for all involved.
China, which signed a “no limits” partnership with Russia
last year, has refrained from condemning its invasion of Ukraine
even as Western countries, led by the United States, imposed
sweeping sanctions against Moscow.
But Burns, who travelled to Ukraine recently to meet with
the country’s president, said Xi was likely surprised and
unsettled by what he described as the poor performance of
Russia’s military.
Burns added that Russia and China’s friendship is not
totally without limits.
Speaking on Moscow’s invasion, Burns said the next six
months will be “critical” for Ukraine, where Moscow has been
making incremental gains in recent weeks.
China’s President Xi Jinping has been a little sobered by the fighting in Ukraine but it would be a mistake to underestimate Beijing and Moscow’s commitment to partnership — CIA Director William Burns pic.twitter.com/xFbS7v9eMd
— TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) February 2, 2023
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