Ukraine war live updates: Russian forces claim gains; China's top diplomat to visit Russia
in the east of Ukraine is underway. And while the scope of Russia's plans remains uncertain, whatever happens, it comes at a tricky time for Kyiv.
Ukrainian servicemen walk on the road toward their base near the front line in the Donetsk region on Feb. 4, 2023."Russia is controlling about 50% of the territory of those four provinces so clearly, that has to be the objective because anything less than that — to annex them and not fully control them — would be a humiliation for [Russian President Vladimir] Putin," he noted.
Wang, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will be in Germany for the Munich Security Conference this weekend, the ministry said. Analysts have said the rouble will remain under pressure until exporters begin converting their foreign currency earnings into roubles to meet local tax liabilities due later this month.At the end of last week the rouble slid through 73 versus the dollar for the first time since last April. It came as Russia's central bank on Friday, but indicated that it was readying to hike rates in the coming months.
Poland's president has said the decision on whether or not to supply Ukraine with fighter jets is "not easy."Poland's President Andrzej Duda said the decision over whether or not to send fighter jets to Ukraine was "not easy to take.", Duda said responding to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's request for F-16 aircraft is a "very serious decision," but gave no further indication of whether it would happen.
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