China’s Xi is reportedly planning a visit to Moscow which could be overshadowed by talks with Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky
International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan visits a residential building damaged by a Russian missile strike late November in the town of Vyshhorod, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, February 28 2023. Picture: VALENTYN OGIRENKO/ REUTERS
Russia denies deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, saying its attacks are all intended to reduce Kyiv’s ability to fight. It has not concealed a programme under which it has brought thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia, but presents it as a humanitarian campaign to protect orphans and children abandoned in the conflict zone.
Kyiv has conducted several war crimes prosecutions of Russian soldiers for individual incidents such as killings or rapes in occupied territory. The charges discussed by the ICC prosecutors could go higher, targeting officials responsible for policies rather than just perpetrators of acts on the ground.
The Chinese foreign ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Kremlin said it had nothing to announce yet. Ukraine’s president's office did not immediately respond. But a video meeting with Zelensky could be an even bigger coup for the Ukrainians, who want Beijing to remain neutral rather than firm up support for Moscow. Zelensky has called on Xi to speak to him.
China and Russia struck a “no limits” partnership in February of 2022, weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine, and the two sides have reaffirmed the strength of their ties in public. China's top diplomat visited Moscow in February during the week of the war’s first anniversary, when US President Joe Biden travelled to Kyiv.
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