Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Kazan, Russia, on Tuesday to attend the BRICS summit, which will run from October 22 to 24. Xi is expected to hold his 45th meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the summit.

China's Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi and some other BRICS leaders discussed the war in Ukraine with President Vladimir Putin as the Kremlin chief chaired a major summit aimed at showing Western attempts to isolate Russia have failed.

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Ukraine and "further contacts to continue dialogue" with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the BRICS summit in Russia. Source: Russian propaganda outlets TASS and RBC;