secretary of state anthony blenkin chastised china today for what he calls continued support for russia in its war in ukraine beijing claims to be neutral. i would start by saying that it is quite difficult to remain neutral when it comes to comes to this aggression. this is a challenge to the international order that china and the united states, as permanent members of the security council, should uphold. so i think it's hard to be neutral on this issue. but even if you accept this as a premise, i don't think china's action is really assuming. i expressed the united states' deep concern about beijing's increasingly provocative rhetoric and activity on taiwan and the vital importance of maintaining peace and stability. across the taiwan strait. beijing is taking steps to increase pressure on taiwan now it regularly conducts amphibious landing exercises as well as military and reconnaissance flights in taiwan now there are so many different factors that could potentially lead to a chinese invasion of taiwan china is conducting military exercises at sea and in the airspace near taiwan in

russian foreign ministry sergey lavrov said in a telephone conversation with us secretary of state anthony blenkin interlocutors. for the first time since then, we have spoken. how ukraine's denocification began sergey lavrov outlined the details of the istanbul agreements on grain exports and stressed that moscow strictly complies with international law, while washington does not fulfill its promises and is in no hurry to make exceptions to sanctions on the supply of russian food. vaughn expressed concern about the shelling of the pre-trial detention center in yelenivka, however, they noted that the pentagon did not yet have full information, in turn , they refrained from official comments, but in a private conversation, the journalists noted that if the ukrainian military struck, then this was done by chance by the international committee of the red cross offered his assistance in evacuating the wounded, i note that as a result of a strike by kiev using haimars multiple launch rocket systems, they died on the irinovka isolation ward, as at least 53 people, more than 190 were injured. the tanker