Ukraine recaptured two villages in the area around Bakhmut in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, in recent days as its gruelling counteroffensive continues.
Wang, who heads the foreign ministry as well as the ruling Communist Party's foreign affairs office, will meet Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev for annual security talks, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement.
Putin attended China's first two Belt and Road Forums in 2017 and 2019. But he is not known to have travelled abroad since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against him on grounds of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine.Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The visit will also see a detailed exchange of views on issues including Ukraine, ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said last week.Ukraine recaptured two villages in the area around Bakhmut in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, in recent days as its grueling counteroffensive continues in the south and east of the country.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated his forces in the region in his nightly address Sunday, saying"I would like to especially recognize the warriors who are gradually regaining Ukraine's territory in the area of Bakhmut."A Ukrainian serviceman walks near a destroyed Ukrainian tank, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the village of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on Aug. 25, 2023.
In the past week, defense forces in the south have liberated 5.2 square km of territory. Since the start of the counteroffensive, 261.7 square km has been retaken in the region.Russian troops have likely been reinforcing their defenses around the occupied town of Tokmak in southern Ukraine, Britain's Ministry of Defense said in an intelligence update Sunday.
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