🇨🇳🇺🇸China’s leader Xi Jinping told US President Joe Biden that he is ready to hold honest negotiations on strategic bilateral issues, discuss the regional and global situation.

In addition, US President Joe Biden has said that the world expects US and China to play a key role in solving global problems.

⚡️Kremlin on prospect of extending grain deal: There is still a week to go, negotiations with the UN were constructive, the work on this matter continues

Kremlin calls Rishi Sunak's remark accusing Russia of turning food into weapons fundamentally wrong, says Russia not interfering with supplies

Turkish flags are displayed all along Istanbul's Istiklal street to commemorate those killed in the explosion, Sputnik reports from the vicinity of the area where a terror attack took place on Sunday.

📹WATCH: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov refutes rumors of his hospitalization published by western media (video courtesy of Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova).

Subscribe to @SputnikInt

❗️Russian MOD’s briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️Russian Forces eliminated more than 120 Ukrainian servicemen, as well as destroyed six tanks, five infantry combat vehicles, three armored carries and six other vehicles in the LPR;

▪️Russian Forces eliminated or wounded up to 90 Ukrainian troops, as well as destroyed five Ukrainian armored combat vehicles and six pick-up trucks near Krasny Liman;

▪️Russian Forces eliminated more than 80 Ukrainian servicemen, as well as destroyed a Ukrainian tank, two infantry combat vehicles, two armored carriers and three other vehicles in the DPR;

▪️Russian Forces hit three Ukrainian command posts in the LPR, Kharkov and Kherson regions. In addition, they hit 54 Ukrainian artillery units at their firing positions;

▪️Russian Forces destroyed two US-made AN/TPQ-50 radar systems in the DPR and in the Kharkov region;

▪️Russian Forces destroyed a Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft system’s radar array in the Zaporozhye region;

▪️Russian Forces destroyed Ukrainian storage with military equipment in the Kherson region;

▪️Russian Forces destroyed a Ukrainian Army fuel storage facility in the Kharkov region;

▪️Russian Air Defense eliminated six Ukrainian UAVs, as well as intercepted three HIMARS rockets

Subscribe to @SputnikInt

📹WATCH: Ukrainian resident condemns the blowing up of the “Motherland” obelisk, which was dedicated to commemorate Soviet soldiers

Subscribe to @SputnikInt

📹 Watch LIVE: UN Secretary-General Holds Press Conference Ahead of G20 Summit in Bali

Subscribe to @SputnikInt

❗️Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces that Canada is to provide $500 million in additional military assistance for Ukraine - statement

🇫🇷Phrygian caps will be the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots as organizers look to celebrate the French revolution's spirit.

💬"'Phryges' aim to show that sport can change everything, and that it deserves to have a prominent place in our society," Paris 2024 brand director Julie Matikhine said on Monday.

Subscribe to @SputnikInt

❗️The inaugural face-to-face meeting between US President Biden and Chinese President Xi at the G-20 summit in Bali ended on Monday after about three hours, according to the White House.

Highlights from their meeting:

▪️Joe Biden and Xi Jinping 'agreed' opposition to nuclear weapons use in Ukraine;

▪️Joe Biden explained to Xi Jinping that US will continue competing vigorously with China;

▪️Joe Biden told Xi Jinping that world should encourage North Korea to act 'responsibly';

▪️Joe Biden raised China's 'coercive, aggressive' actions on Taiwan.

Subscribe to @SputnikInt

⚡️CIA Director William Burns holds a meeting with the Chief of Russian Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin in Ankara, a US media outlet reports, citing the White House representative

According to the data of the White House representative, William Burns will not discuss a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine during the meeting

📹The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage showing Su-35S aircraft crew destroying Ukrainian military infrastructure and combat vehicles as part of the special military operation in the country.

Subscribe to @SputnikInt

❗️US imposes new Russia-related sanctions - Treasury Department

⚡️Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik that Russian-US talks are taking place in Ankara on Monday. The meeting has been initiated by the United States.

⚡️The Kremlin doesn't reveal the content of Russian-US talks, the Kremlin spokesman told Sputnik

While western mainstream media outlets seem to have been preoccupied with stories on Sergey Lavrov's health on Monday, with 🇷🇺 Russian FM instantly debunking rumors, an international group of researchers presented a report on Saudi Arabia and Italy's performance as G20 hosts in 2020 and 2021, while also explaining to Sputnik how well 🇮🇩 Indonesia has been performing during the year of its first presidency in the organization in 2022. Here's my recap on the Day 0 of the Bali G20 summit. Stay tuned for more news from Nusa Dua on Tuesday and Wednesday - the main working days of the event. Subscribe to @BolotskySputnik

⚡️EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell has said that the total amount of the EU military aid to Ukraine is estimated at eight billion euros.