Xi Jinping warns Putin against nukes in rare rebuke over Ukraine war
Xi Jinping - meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Beijing - issued a rare rebuke to Moscow whilst also urging European leaders to press for peace talks and bring an end to the fighting.
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Xi Jinping warns Putin not to use nukes in Ukraine and urges peace talks in Chinese leader's most direct rebuke yet to the Kremlin
- Xi Jinping issued rebuke of Putin's war in Ukraine during summit in Beijing
- Chinese leader warned Kremlin not to use nuclear weapons in the conflict
- Xi also urged Germany's Olaf Scholz to push for peace talks as pair met
- While Xi did not name Putin directly, call for Russia to withdraw, or blame Moscow for the war, it is none-the-less his strongest criticism so far