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Some have slammed the Blackhawks' move as "homophobia," but the team reportedly says it wants to protect its Russian player.

The British decision to supply the anti-armor rounds along with Challenger 2 tanks has touched off a furious reaction in Moscow.

Russia's offensive in the city appears to be losing momentum, according to military intelligence.

"China has dramatically expanded its efforts to shape the attitudes and actions of people outside its borders," a USCC commissioner was set to say.

The Chinese and Russian leaders were recently filmed discussing power change the world hasn't "seen for 100 years" at the Kremlin.

"It would be a declaration of war on the Russian Federation," said Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's former president and prime minister.

Faced with equipment shortages in Ukraine, Moscow's forces are reportedly turning to antiquated tanks.

"Their bandwidth capability hasn't been saturated," a military analyst told Newsweek, "and yet we keep Ukraine on a starvation diet of aid."

"The Chinese are signaling that they do not want the Russians to lose...they are totally capable of making sure that the Russians don't," ex-CIA analyst said.

China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin both left this week's talks with significant gains, observers tell Newsweek.