China Denies US Claim That Russia Asked for Help in Ukraine

People walk past a shop with a Chinese national flag hung outside, ahead of the annual National Peoplat Congress (NPC), on Qianmen Street area, in Beijing, China March 3, 2022. (Reuters)

China denied on Tuesday claims by US officials that Russia had sought military assistance in Ukraine and accused Washington of spreading "malicious disinformation" that risked escalating the conflict.

"The US has repeatedly spread malicious disinformation against China on the Ukraine issue," the Chinese embassy in London told Reuters in a statement.