CHERISHED COMRADES This Feb. 4, 2022 file photo shows Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin posing for photographs during their meeting in Beijing. AP PHOTO
CHERISHED COMRADES This Feb. 4, 2022 file photo shows Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin posing for photographs during their meeting in Beijing. AP PHOTO

BEIJING: China on Thursday denounced a report that it asked Russia to delay invading Ukraine until after the Beijing Winter Olympics as "fake news" and a "very despicable" attempt to divert attention and shift blame over the conflict.

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