Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin to meet Xi Jinping in Beijing in first visit outside former Soviet Union since March

Russian president and his Chinese counterpart will hold talks in Putin's furthest visit since international arrest warrant issued in March

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The US special representative for Ukraine's economic recovery, Penny Pritzker, has arrived in Kyiv.

Reuters reports that Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Monday, and exchanged views on the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Chinese foreign ministry said.