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Nearly a year into the war in Ukraine, U.S. policymakers and intelligence analysts have more confidence that they understand at least some of President Vladimir V. Putin’s red lines.

The disgraced former glam rock singer was found guilty in 2015 of sexually abusing three young girls in the 1970s. He had been given a 16-year sentence.

The revelation comes days before Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Beijing, where he is expected to meet with President Xi Jinping.

President Volodymyr Zelensky wants fast-track membership, but the bloc’s leaders at a summit in Kyiv stopped well short of committing to admit Ukraine quickly.

Beijing said the object, which had been seen flying over Montana, was used mainly for weather research and had strayed off course. The Pentagon described it as an “intelligence-gathering balloon.”

Inflation, avian flu and war have made a food staple much more expensive.

Beijing said the object, which had been seen flying over Montana, was used mainly for weather research. It was not immediately clear whether the explanation would satisfy the U.S.

President Volodymyr Zelensky wants commitments for Ukraine’s membership in the bloc, but diplomats and officials say that concrete announcements are unlikely.

Beijing said it was looking into reports about an object seen flying over Montana. “Speculation and hype will not help,” a Chinese government spokeswoman said.

The conviction, the first on such a charge in Britain in more than 40 years, came after officers stopped a man at a gate leading to the monarch’s private quarters on Christmas Day in 2021.