Speaking on the first anniversary of the full-scale invasion, Mr Blinken credited China and India for having “a little bit more influence with Russia these days” in stalling a potential use of nuclear weapons on the battlefield. The top American diplomat said escalatory measures like nuclear weapons have not been used by Russia yet because “that is the last thing that Vladimir Putin needs is himself in a wider war”. “We do not accept the United States’s finger-pointing on China-Russia relations, let alone coercion and pressure,” China’s foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular press conference on Monday about the allegations