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Putin heads to China to bolster ties amid Ukraine tensions

FILE - Shells explode during strategic command and staff exercises Center-2019 at Donguz shooting range near Orenburg, Russia, Sept. 20, 2019. The main theme of the drills is the use of a coalition army group in the fight against international terrorism and providing military security in Central Asia. Servicemen from Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, China and Pakistan are taking part in the drills, TASS News Agency reported. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File) FILE - Russian sailors stand on the deck of the Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov as it docks at a port in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong Province in April 21, 2019. Amid the soaring tensions over Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin is heading to Beijing on a trip intended to help strengthen Russia's ties with China and coordinate their policies amid Western pressure. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) FILE - Soldiers abseil from a military helicopter over the training ground during strategic command and staff exercises Center-2019 at Donguz shooting range near Orenburg, Russia, Sept. 20, 2019. The main theme of the drills is the use of a coalition army group in the fight against international terrorism and providing military security in Central Asia. Servicemen from Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, China and Pakistan are taking part in the drills. Amid the soaring tensions over Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin is heading to Beijing on a trip intended to help strengthen Russia's ties with China and coordinate their policies amid Western pressure. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, file) FILE - In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe watch a joint military exercise by Russia and China held in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwestern China, Aug. 13, 2021. Shoigu hailed joint war games with China this week as a sign of increasingly close ties and vowed to further expand military cooperation between the two countries. Amid the soaring tensions over Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin is heading to Beijing on a trip intended to help strengthen Russia's ties with China and coordinate their policies amid Western pressure. (Vadim Savitskiy/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File) FILE - Military helicopters fly over the training ground during strategic command and staff exercises Center-2019 at Donguz shooting range near Orenburg, Russia, Sept. 20, 2019. Servicemen from Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, China and Pakistan are taking part in the drills, TASS News Agency reported. Amid the soaring tensions over Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin is heading to Beijing on a trip intended to help strengthen Russia's ties with China and coordinate their policies amid Western pressure. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File) FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, reviews a military honour guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, June 8, 2018. Amid the soaring tensions over Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin is heading to Beijing on a trip intended to help strengthen Russia's ties with China and coordinate their policies amid Western pressure. (Greg Baker/Pool via AP, File) FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Dec. 15, 2021. Chinese President Xi Jinping supported Russian President Vladimir Putin in his push to get Western security guarantees precluding NATO's eastward expansion, the Kremlin said Wednesday after the two leaders held a virtual summit. Putin and Xi spoke as Moscow faces heightened tensions with the West over a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine's border. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE - Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, reviews a military honor guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, June 8, 2018. Amid the soaring tensions over Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin is heading to Beijing on a trip intended to help strengthen Russia's ties with China and coordinate their policies amid Western pressure. (Greg Baker/Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, enter a hall for talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019. Amid the soaring tensions over Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin is heading to Beijing on a trip intended to help strengthen Russia's ties with China and coordinate their policies amid Western pressure. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File) FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands prior to their talks on the sideline of the 11th edition of the BRICS Summit, in Brasilia, Brazil in Nov. 12, 2019. Amid the soaring tensions over Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin is heading to Beijing on a trip intended to help strengthen Russia's ties with China and coordinate their policies amid Western pressure. (Ramil Sitdikov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE - In this photo taken from a footage released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service in Sept. 22, 2020, rockets launch from missile systems at the Ashuluk military base in Southern Russia. Russian Air Defense systems successfully repelled aerial strike during joined military drills in the south of Russia. The drills, expected to be held in Black Sea and Caspian sea waters, will take place until September 26th. Belarus, Armenia, China, Pakistan and Myanmar take part in the exercises. (Vadim Grishankin/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File) FILE - In this photo taken from video provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Sept. 12, 2018, Military personnel prepare Russian air defense missile systems during the military exercises in the Chita region, Eastern Siberia, during the Vostok 2018 exercises in Russia. Hundreds of thousands Russian troops swept across Siberia in the nation's largest ever war games also joined by China, a powerful show of burgeoning military ties between Moscow and Beijing amid their tensions with the U.S. Amid the soaring tensions over Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin is heading to Beijing on a trip intended to help strengthen Russia's ties with China and coordinate their policies amid Western pressure. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)