March 14, 2022
Russian Army military vehicles drive along a street, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation in eastern Ukraine, in the town of Armyansk, Crimea, February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer
March 13 (Reuters) - Russia has asked China
for military equipment since its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, the Financial
Times and Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing U.S. officials.
U.S. National Security advisor Jake Sullivan
will be in Rome on Monday to meet with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi, the
White House said earlier.
Russia, which calls its action in Ukraine a "special operation," and China have tightened cooperation as they have come under strong Western pressure over human rights and a raft of other issues.
Beijing has not condemned Russia's attack and
does not call it an invasion, but has urged a negotiated solution.
The White House's National Security Council
declined to comment.
The Washington Post said the unidentified
U.S. officials did not state the kind of weaponry that had been requested or
how China had responded.
Reporting by Costas Pitas in Los Angeles; Editing by Richard
Chang
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