Putin to visit Chinese leader Xi Jinping days after Trump's trip to Beijing

Key Points:

• Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Beijing on May 19-20 to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the 2001 Sino-Russian Treaty of Friendship, focusing on bilateral relations, regional issues, and economic cooperation.
• The visit follows U.S. President Donald Trump's recent state visit to China, where he met Xi to discuss trade and conflicts involving Iran.
• Ukraine repatriated bodies of fallen soldiers from Russia after a prisoner of war exchange, with plans to identify the deceased; this follows a swap of 205 POWs and a planned larger exchange of 1,000 prisoners from each side.
• Russia launched extensive drone attacks overnight on Ukraine's Odesa region, damaging residential buildings and the port, injuring two people, while Ukraine shot down the majority of 294 drones launched.
• Russia reported shooting down 138 Ukrainian drones over multiple regions, including Moscow, Crimea, and the Black and Azov seas, amid ongoing drone warfare between the two countries.