China's Xi Jinping in Russia for talks with Putin

China's Xi Jinping in Russia for talks with Putin UK and Ukraine urge Beijing to bring war to an end In the last few minutes, both the UK and Ukrainian governments have urged China's Xi Jinping to use his trip to Russia to bring an end to the war in neighbouring Ukraine. Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said Xi's trip was being "closely" watched - and told various news agencies that his country expected the Chinese leader to use his "influence on Moscow to make it put an end to the aggressive war against Ukraine". In a similar tone, a Downing Street spokesperson said Xi should use his visit to encourage Russian President Vladimir Putin to withdraw Russian troops from Ukraine and "to cease bombing Ukrainian cities, hospitals, schools and to halt some of these atrocities". Earlier on, Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin's spokesman, said issues raised in China's peace plan will be discussed during the negotiations, "one way or another". More Info at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-64993665