Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said that Russian forces are carving out buffer zones around Ukraine's Kharkiv. He said this during his state visit to China. Putin has turned to China and its leader, Xi Jinping, to get support for his war economy. He also said that Russia is not looking to take control of Ukraine’s second-biggest city, Kharkiv. On the other hand, Ukraine’s military commander, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, stated that heavy battles are looming on the war’s new front in the