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While Western analysts in recent weeks had widely expected Putin to use the holiday to trumpet some kind of victory in Ukraine or perhaps announce a mass mobilization, he did neither. Instead, he sought to justify the war again as a necessary response to what he falsely portrayed as a hostile Ukraine.
While Western countries are calling for an early cessation of hostilities in Ukraine, "they are doing everything to prevent this" with their actions, a Russian diplomat said Friday.
The crisis in Ukraine emerged as a major talking point between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his European counterparts during his three-nation visit... 06.05.2022, Sputnik International
From the blog of Noru Tsalic at The Times of Israel
The question is not whether China will continue to hang on to its strategic partnership with Russia, but how it will manage it.