President Biden is set to meet Wednesday with leaders of eastern NATO countries concerned about Moscow’s aggression, one day after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the suspension of the last nuclear pact with the United States and as the two leaders underscored the growing distance between them in dueling speeches.
As the war in Ukraine approaches its one-year mark, China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, is in Russia where he is meeting with Putin. Early Wednesday, Wang met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who said that “relations between Russia and China are developing dynamically, despite the turbulence.” Lavrov said that “Moscow and Beijing are ready to defend each other’s interests.”
Here’s the latest on the war and its impact across the globe.
A year in the trenches has hardened Ukraine’s president: Zelensky came into office thinking that he could achieve peace with Putin, but a year ago this week, he found himself hiding in a safe room in Kyiv — the start of a series of experiences that has transformed him into a globally known, hard-bitten wartime leader, Paul Sonne and David L. Stern report.
“Of course, we all have changed, including the president,” said Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian presidential office. “The ordeals that have marked his tenure — they can’t but change a person. Has he become harder? Of course, he has. Has he become stronger? From my point of view, he was always strong.”
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