If this were really a decision that could definitely change what is happening on the front, then it would be possible, despite all the legal and reputational difficulties, to go for it.

But this is definitely not the decision that will give us significant changes along the front line.

Changes along the front line will be given by something else - a sufficient amount of weapons, long-range tools and all the informal permissions that should be. And for this we need financial - first of all, investment - support for military production, and, directly, the supply of weapons - Podolyak.

As for China, we have a special privileged strategic partnership & we intend to develop these relations in every possible way.

There is political will for this from Beijing itself, which we are satisfied with - Peskov.

That's clearly a deliberate act & persistent targeting of civilians - he says.