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> > Reuters 07:18 07:18 PM BdST Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China Feb 4, 2022. Sputnik/Aleksey Druzhinin/Kremlin/REUTERS China has refused to call Russia's action in Ukraine an "invasion" or criticise Moscow despite intensifying assaults from Russia's military. Putin told Xi that the United States and NATO had long ignored Russia's legitimate security concerns, repeatedly reneged on their commitments, and continued to expand military deployment eastward, challenging Russia's strategic bottom line, according to a statement on the Chinese foreign ministry website. Russia is willing to conduct high-level negotiations with Ukraine, Putin...