China hit back at the claim by Keith Kellogg that Russia's war in Ukraine would end very quickly if Beijing withdrew its support for Moscow, saying the trade relations are "normal" and that China has promoted peace talks.

Kellogg, who is President Donald Trump 's special envoy to Ukraine, made the comment at a security conference in Kyiv. He called Russia the "junior partner" to China and said is losing the war in Ukraine.

Large-scale oil purchases by China have given vital support to the Russian war economy through the biting economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. and Europe over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Trump is struggling to broker a long-promised peace deal that ends Russia's ongoing war, and he is urging NATO allies to crank up the pressure on China and Russia with new tar

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