Ukraine-Russia war latest: US boasts of ‘leverage’ over Kremlin as White House envoy meets Putin for peace talks

Over 100 Chinese citizens fighting for the Russian Army against Ukraine are mercenaries who do not have a direct relationship with the Chinese government, officials said.

Chinese military officers, however, were in the theater behind Russian lines with enabling Beijing to draw tactical lessons from the war, a former Western intelligence official said.

The head of the US forces in Indo-Pacific, Admiral Samuel Paparo, was confirmed by the Ukrainian forces in Eastern Ukraine, that his country had information that his country had information that the fight against 155 was in the name of Russia year.

China, which declared the partnership “without restriction” and refrained from criticizing the Moscow full invasion in Ukraine, unwanted at the revealing of Mr. Zellenic “and said China was not a party in the war.

Two American officials told a newer agency that Chinese fighters have minimal training and cannot identify an impact on Russian military operations.

The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the air units destroyed 13 Ukrainian drones within 30 minutes.

The Ministry’s Statement said that between 22 hours and 10.30, nine drones were destroyed in the region of Rostov on the eastern border of Ukraine and four in the Kursk region, on the northern border in Kursk.

Russian envoy Investment Kirill Dmitriev described as “productive” talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the American Envoy Steve Witkoff.

“Welcome to St. Petersburg, Russia!” Dmitriev, who attended conversations, wrote in X in English. “Productive discussions with @stevewitkoff.”

Mr. Putin is shown at State TV by WITKOFF in the presidential library of St. Petersburg at the beginning of the negotiations and the state news agency later said that the talks lasted for more than four hours.

“The topic of the meeting is the aspects of the Ukrainian settlement,” Kremlin said in the statement after the meeting concluded.

Mr. Witkoff appeared as a key figure in the approach of Moscow and Washington, and in the middle of discussing the Russian side of potential joint investment in the Arctic and Russian minerals of rare countries.