00:00Russian missiles and drones wreaked havoc in Ukraine, damaging even the EU delegation
00:08headquarters in central Kyiv. And as the EU threatens new sanctions to exert more pressure
00:13on Russia, President Putin will be in China on Sunday to participate in the high-level summit
00:19of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. The summit will convene about 20 top Eurasian leaders,
00:25including Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Belarusian
00:30President Alexander Lukashenko. The war in Ukraine is expected to top the agenda,
00:36as Beijing intensifies its efforts to seek a resolution to the conflict.
00:39China has been granting Russia vital economic and political support since the beginning of its
00:56full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago. Beijing's leadership, however, seems to be
01:02experiencing some war fatigue, along with other BRICS countries.
01:05China has been very clear, both officially and unofficially, that they want to see the conflict
01:13end. But they don't want to see Russia isolated either. And if you speak to the Ukrainians,
01:19they will tell you that they have no concerns with China.
01:24Both Beijing and Brussels are heavily concerned with the risks of a generalized trade war.
01:30The EU has been demanding China play a more proactive role to curb Russian military option
01:35in Ukraine and Central Europe.
01:38China will not take the risk of an announcement that could not be followed by the facts, because
01:45it is not necessary to push Russia to reveal its plans. And finally, to be in a situation like
01:57Trump, it is not necessarily concrete.
02:03After the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, Vladimir Putin and other leaders will attend
02:08the 80th anniversary of the Chinese victory against Japan. The only EU leader expected to
02:14participate in the event is Slovak Prime Minister Robert Vizzo.
