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About 130 rescued from rubble
of Mariupol theater; Ukrainian
official says; Biden, China's Xi
speak: Live Ukraine updates
USA TODAY
March 18, 2022, 1.44 PM
As Russia unleashed a new round of strikes in Kyiv
and Lviv on
Friday; President Joe Biden and
Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke for nearly two
hours about the ongoing crisis in Ukraine as the
United States seeks to sway China from from
support of Russia:
China's Foreign Ministry said in a statement about
the video call that conflict was
'not in anyone's
interest:
But the country also renewed criticism of
sanctions against Russia and avoided using the
terms "war" or "invasion.
The White House said
before the call Biden would press Xi to denounce
Russia's actions
With the invasion in its fourth week, Russian strikes
targeted a residential building in Kyiv; killing one
and injuring 19, according to emergency services
and mayor Vitali Klitschko, and a military aircraft
repair facilitv in Lviv;