War Russia – Ukraine, live

day 164 of war in Ukraine.

Ukraine is seeking an opportunity to speak “directly” with Chinese President Xi Jinping and ask him to use his influence over Russia to end the war, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky said in an interview with the Hong Kong daily South China. Morning Post published today. “I would like to talk with him”Zelensky said, recalling that he had a conversation with Xi “a year ago” and that the Chinese ruler is one of “the few world leaders who has visited Ukraine at least once.”

The Ukrainian president explained in the first interview granted to an Asian media outlet that China, apart from being a “permanent member of the United Nations Security Council”, it is “a very powerful country with a powerful economy”which makes him “have economic and political influence in Russia”. The president questioned: “Why do we have a Security Council if one or several countries in the world can simply decide to violate the rules by military means?”

Zelensky regretted “not having had any talks with Xi”despite the fact that his country “has officially requested it” since February 24, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. Since the outbreak of the conflict, China has maintained an ambiguous position during which it has called for respect for “the territorial integrity of all countries”, including Ukraine, and attention to the “legitimate concerns of all countries”, referring to Russia. In addition, China has reiterated in recent months its opposition to sanctions against Moscow for “having no basis in international law” and “not solving the problems”

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Zelensky pointed out that, if Russia were to lose access to the “Chinese market”, the Eurasian country “would be feeling a total economic isolation“. Although he affirmed “understanding that China maintains a balanced attitude towards the war”, the Ukrainian president assured that the Russians “are the invaders” and expressed his hope that China “reviews its attitude”.

Zelensky declared that his country “had always sought closer ties with China in the years prior to the conflict” and conveyed his hope that relations between the two countries “be strengthened and developed” each year.

[EEUU sanciona a la novia de Putin, Alina Kabaeva, presidenta de un grupo de medios afín al Kremlin]