The Chinese premier told Trump that Putin could regret the war (Picture: Reuters)
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Donald Trump that Russia might come to ‘regret’ invading Ukraine during talks in Beijing.
It is thought the remarks were made during the US president’s summit in China last week,where the two world leaders are thought to have discussed a number of issues,including trade and the war in Ukraine.
A source familiar with Xi’s previous meetings with former president Joe Biden told said these comments were unprecedented for the Chinese leader,who hadn’t previously offered an assessment of the Ukraine war,according to the Financial Times.
The revelation comes as Vladimir Putin,a close ally of Xi,flew to Beijing for talks with the world leader.
The Russian President has doubled down on his onslaught in Ukraine despite claiming he wants ‘peace’ and expressing his ‘regret’ at starting the war.
Putin,in a message to the Chinese people,said: ‘We do not ally ourselves against anyone,but rather work for peace and universal prosperity.’
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Start your day informed with Metro's News Updates newsletter or get Breaking News alerts the moment it happens.However,the Kremlin boss went on to launch another savage attack on Ukraine near the border with Romania,sending NATO warplanes in the country scrambling.A statement from Romania’s military command said: ‘Russian forces carried out a new series of drone attacks on civilian and infrastructure targets in Ukraine,in the vicinity of the river border with Romania,in Tulcea county.’
Putin is in Beijing for talks with Xi this week (Picture: EPA)At the same time,there were new warnings that Russia is planning an attack on the NATO states in the Baltic region,stoking World War III fears.Drills involving tactical nuclear weapons are now underway in Belarus,which borders alliance states Latvia,Lithuania and Poland.Belarusian people have been banned from entering forests near the borders with Lithuania,Poland,and Ukraine during these drills.These are part of wider three-day Russian nuclear drills starting today,involving more than 64,000 military personnel and 7,800-plus units of equipment in exercises ‘on the use of nuclear forces in the event of a threat of aggression’.There have also been reports that Putin is planning a summer offensive in Ukraine’s Donbas region – but some believe this is a front for a limited invasion in the Baltic States,to test NATO.
Russia has continued to attack eastern Ukraine (Picture: Getty)Last week,it was reported that Russia is stockpiling hundreds of thousands of fibre-optic drones for a future assault on NATO and the Baltic States.Reports from Ukrainian and Russian intelligence have shown that Putin diverted huge numbers of next-generation FPV drones away from the Ukrainian front and into rear depots since late 2025.The Kremlin may already have amassed up to 130,000 fibre-optic drones,a stockpile that could rise to 200,000 by the end of summer.FPV drones are especially dangerous because they use hair-thin fibre-optic cables rather than radio signals,making them far harder to jam electronically by NATO defences.Russian military insiders believe the weapons could overwhelm Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the opening stages of an assault designed to shock Europe into submission before NATO can fully react.The Kremlin sees the Baltic states as uniquely vulnerable because,although they possess advanced electronic warfare capabilities,they lack Ukraine’s combat experience with mass drone warfare.Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at .For more stories like this,check our news page.