ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy is on his way to washington dc for meetings with his counterpart joe biden and legislators at the us congress , says the white house . " on my way to the united states to strengthen resilience and defence capabilities of ukraine " zelenskyy said on his twitter account .
putin has no plans to meet iaea chief : kremlin
in light of earlier news that the head of international atomic energy agency , rafael grossi , is expected to visit russia on thursday, the kremlin said that president vladimir putin had no plans to meet with him . grossi is visiting russia to discuss a security zone around the zaporizhzhia power plant wich is based in russian-controlled territory. pope : remember ukrainian children this christmas
pope francis calls on people to remember ukrainian children freezing this christmas . “ let us think of the many children in ukraine who suffer , suffer so much, because of this war , ” he said at the end of his weekly general audience in the vatican . the pope has been making appeals for ukraine at nearly every public appearance , asually at least twice weekly , since russia invaded in february .
“ the majority of those that i have seen here can't manage to smile, ” he said , referring to ukrainian children who migrated to rome.
“it is grave when a child loses the capacity to smile. these children carry within themselves the tragedy of that war , so inhumane, so harsh . let us think of the ukrainian people this christmas- without electricity , without heating , without the essential things they need to survive, ” he said .
Russia launches kovykta gas field supplying china with gas
russian president vladimir putin will join in a video conference marking the launch of the kovykta gas field, which feeds into the siberia pipeline carrying russian gas to china, the kremlin said.
the field is the largest in eastern russia , and its launch is part of a significant drive by russia to ramp up gas supplies to china as the european union imposes oil and gas sanctions on moscow.
“this is a unique deposit, ” kremlin spokesman dmitry peskov told reporters . Russia is now Beijing’s third-highest gas supplier.
There are also plans to construct another major pipeline, the Power of Siberia 2, via Mongolia with a view to selling an additional 50 bcm of gas per year.
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev is in China for talks with President Xi Jinping, which includes discussions on the “no limits” strategic partnership that the two countries announced in February.
source : aljazeera 
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