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07/15/2025July 15, 2025
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov meets China’s Xi Jinping
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Chinese President on Tuesday.
Lavrov, , is in China to attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) foreign ministers’ meeting.
“Lavrov conveyed to the Chinese leader a friendly greeting and best wishes from the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin,” the Russian ministry said in a statement.
“The two sides discussed a number of issues concerning bilateral political contacts … including preparations for the Russian President’s upcoming visit to the People’s Republic ofChina.”
The Russian president is due to travel to for a SCO leaders’ summit in September.
Since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and Ukraine’s Western allies imposed a range of sanctions against Russia, Moscow has increasingly relied on support from China and .
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07/15/2025July 15, 2025
Russia destroys dozens of drones in Ukrainian attack
An overnight Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian southwestern regions of Lipetsk and Voronezh has left several people injured and damaged homes and other buildings, Russian authorities said Tuesday.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Telegram that a total of 55 Ukrainian drones were downed overnight over five Russian regions as well as the Black Sea.
Regional governor Governor Alexander Gusev 12 drones were destroyed over the Voronezh border region, where “several people sustained minor injuries due to debris from a downed UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles).”
Several apartments in residential buildings in Voronezh, which is the administrative center of the region of the same name, were damaged, as were houses in the city’s suburbs, Gusev said.
In the neighboring Lipetsk region, a drone crashed in an industrial zone in the city of Yelets, regional governor Igor Artamonov said on Telegram, adding that one person was injured in the attack.
There was no immediate comment from Ukraine about the Russian reports of the attack, and the full extent of the damage caused was unclear.
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Welcome to our coverage
Welcome to DW’s coverage of the latest developments in .
After months of trying to bring Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, US President Donald Trump appears to have run out of patience with his Russian counterpart.
, Trump said he was “very unhappy” with Russia and threatened “very severe tariffs” against it and any countries that trade with it.
He also said the US would send weapons, including Patriot missiles, to the military alliance to support Ukraine.
The missiles and other forms of support for Ukraine will be high on the agenda for European Union foreign ministers who are meeting in Brussels on Tuesday.
The ministers are also expected to discuss pending sanctions targeting Russian energy exports.
As Ukraine’s Western allies continue to try to drum up support for Kyiv, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is continuing his tour of East Asia with a visit to China, one of Russia’s most important backers since it launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Meanwhile, as diplomatic efforts ramp up, the war continues to rage on. said it downed more than 50 Ukrainian drones during an overnight attack.
Stay tuned as we bring you more updates on those meetings and other developments in Russia’s war in .
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