Al Jazeera:

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Uzbekistan on Thursday with Moscow seeking to shore up support as its invasion of Ukraine falters.

The two leaders are in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand to attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a regional security group formed by Beijing and Moscow as a counterweight to the influence wielded by the United States.

Click here to read more