The Kremlin has warned that increasing the supply of US arms to Ukraine would aggravate the devastating 10-month war ignited by Russia's invasion and comes as Russia's defence minister called for expanding Moscow's military by at least 500,000 troops.
He also said Russia would form new units in the country's west in view of ambitions by Finland and Sweden to join NATO.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the expansion of Western weapon supplies to Ukraine has led to "an aggravation of the conflict and, in fact, does not bode well for Ukraine". Later, in a historic address to Congress aimed at sustaining US and allied aid for Ukraine's defence, Mr Zelenskyy thanked "every American" for their support of his country.
Mr Medvedev, a former Russian president, said in a video statement that he and Mr Xi discussed an array of topics, including "the conflict in Ukraine". Mr Medvedev did not elaborate.Beijing has only referred to the invasion as the "Ukraine situation" in deference to Moscow, and accused the US and NATO of provoking Mr Putin by expanding into eastern Europe.
Mr Rogozin, who joined the Russian troops in Ukraine as a volunteer, told Russian state-controlled RT that a shell fragment missed his spine by just a centimetre.
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