Xi and Putin to discuss Ukraine during state visit - Kremlin adviser

Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yury Ushakov said on Friday that President Vladimir Putin will discuss the Ukraine conflict with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during Xi's state visit to Moscow next week, the Russian state-owned news agency RIA reported.

Ushakov said Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu would take part in talks with Xi, and that "military-technical cooperation" would be discussed during the visit, according to RIA.