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People talk as smoke billows from a nearby strike on industrial buildings in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Friday, May 17, 2024. Days after returning from a trip to Europe where he was lectured about the need to rein in Russia, ChinaÕs leader, Xi Jinping, used a summit with President Vladimir Putin to convey an uncomfortable reality to the West: His support for Putin remains steadfast. (Finbarr O'Reilly/The New York Times/Fotoarena)
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