Are we facing a new China-Russia axis? - Around Ukraine #8

China's leader Xi Jinping paid a visit to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin and stress the strength of the China-Russia axis.

The visit took place days after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President Putin and Russia's children rights ombudswoman Mariya Lvova-Belova for ordering and overseeing the kidnapping of Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories.

Russia downed an American drone over the Black Sea, well beyond Russian territorial waters.

• In a new episode of the series Around Ukraine, Volodymyr Yermolenko, UkraineWorld's chief editor, speaks to UkraineWorld analyst Maksym Panchenko.

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