The South China Morning Post (June 2) quoted Russian Ambassador Andrey Densiov telling

an online event that the China-Russia "relationship was flexible and had no upper limits". It

quoted Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying the ‘hybrid war’ waged against the country after it attacked Ukraine offered new opportunities to work with Beijing. The South China Morning Post (June 2) cited them as saying that the relationship between China and Russia is better than an alliance and has withstood the pressure triggered by the ongoing Ukraine war. It said, speaking ahead of the opening of a symbolically important cross-border bridge on June 2, Russia’s Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, said the Ukraine crisis has pushed Moscow and Beijing closer together. CHINA-FOREIGN POLICY: CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG