White House: Putin’s military is “getting embarrassed constantly”, needs China to back his war

John Kirby, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, says Putin sees Chinese President Xi Jinping as a potential backer for his war against Ukraine. Kirby says Putin is blowing through his inventory, getting embarrassed in combat, and has lost 50% of the territory they initially seized in the first few months of the war. This meeting between the two world leaders at the Kremlin is about Russia needing help from China, the White House says.