Xi, Putin Hail Ties in Video Call as Ukraine War Nears Anniversary

Russia's President Vladimir Putin holds talks with China's President Xi Jinping via video link from Moscow, Russia, February 4, 2026. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed their ties during a video call on Wednesday held in the run-up to the fourth anniversary of Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

In a Russian state TV broadcast of the talks, Putin said Moscow-Beijing relations were an important stabilising factor at a time of growing global turmoil, and praised the two countries’ close energy partnership as mutually beneficial and strategic.

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