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Ukraine war: failed African peace mission underscores need for more powerful political and military pressure on Putin

African peace missions to Ukraine and Russia last week came up empty-handed. Led by South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa, the delegation included leaders and senior officials from Congo-Brazzaville, Comoros, Egypt, Senegal, Uganda and Zambia.

The Conversation

Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden stress ‘unwavering support’ for Ukraine

The US president and Rishi Sunak stressed their ‘unwavering support’ for Kyiv in a joint press conference at the White House.

The Independent UK

‘Stop sending weapons, hold talks’ to end Russia-Ukraine war

China’s envoy says in order to achieve peace, Kyiv’s allies must ‘stop sending weapons to the battlefield’.

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Russia says it discussed peace prospects for Ukraine with Chinese special envoy

President Vladimir Putin told his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in call on Friday that Russia was open to dialogue over Ukraine, the Kremlin said, shortly after Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov welcomed a Chinese peace envoy to Moscow.

Reuters

G7 urges China to press Russia to end war in Ukraine, respect Taiwan's status, fair trade rules

The Group of Seven wealthy democracies have urged China to push Russia to end its war on Ukraine

The Independent UK

Poland urges China to pressure Russia to end war in Ukraine

Poland called on China to exert pressure on Russia to end its war in Ukraine during a meeting between two top officials in Warsaw, the Polish foreign ministry said on Friday.

Reuters

Visiting Ukraine, China's envoy urged all sides to create space for peace talks

Beijing's special envoy noted there was no panacea to the war in Ukraine during a visit to Kyiv earlier this week, but urged all parties to create conditions for peace talks, China's foreign ministry said on Thursday.

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Ukraine's foreign minister and visiting Chinese envoy discuss peace, but next steps unclear

Ukraine’s foreign minister has met with a visiting Chinese mediator to discuss how to end Russia’s war

The Independent UK

EU exec backs Kyiv peace plan as China starts 'political settlement' tour

The European Union's chief executive said on Monday that Kyiv's own peace plan should serve as the starting point for any efforts to end Russia's war in Ukraine, in comments timed to coincide with the start of China's "political settlement" tour of Europe.

Reuters

China and Russia are increasing their military collaboration, Japan's foreign minister warns

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has expressed concern about Russian and Chinese military cooperation in Asia, saying the security situation in Europe and the Indo-Pacific region was indivisible since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Ukraine war looms over Switzerland UN presidency

Russia couldn’t escape its war against Ukraine during it highly contentious presidency of the U.N. Security Council, and the war will still loom over Switzerland as it takes over the monthlong presidency for the first time since becoming a full member of the United Nations in 2002

The Independent UK

Ukraine war: what China gains from acting as peacemaker

After more than a year of no direct communication, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, and Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, had a phone conversation on April 26 2023. According to the Chinese record of the call, “the two sides exchanged views on China-Ukraine relations and the Ukraine crisis”, but globally it…

The Conversation

Russia says Ukraine peace call with China won’t change its aims

Russia says it welcomes anything that could bring the end of the Ukraine conflict closer when asked what it thought of China's peace call.

The New Daily

NATO allies send 1,500 combat vehicles, 230 tanks to Ukraine

The head of NATO says the military alliance's member countries have delivered more than 98% of the combat vehicles promised to Ukraine amid its war with Russia

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has 'long and meaningful' phone call with China's Xi Jinping

In their talk, Mr Xi said negotiation was the only way for the war to end, and also revealed that China was sending a special representative for further discussions with Kyiv.

The Independent UK

UN chief and West berate Russia's top diplomat over Ukraine

The United Nations chief and representatives from Western nations berated Russia’s top diplomat as he chaired a U.N. meeting

Bangkok Post

Ukraine slams Chinese envoy's 'absurd' remarks on post-Soviet nations

Ukraine on Sunday condemned what it called "absurd" comments from China's ambassador to France, who questioned the sovereignty of post-Soviet countries.

France 24

Poland reaches agreement on transit of Ukrainian grain

Poland has reached an agreement on restarting transit of Ukrainian grains through its territory as of Friday, Polish Agriculture Minister Robert Telus said on Tuesday, adding transits would be monitored and sealed. The news came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the heavily shelled frontline town of Avdiivka in the…

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G-7 envoys urge tough stance on Chinese, N Korean aggression

Top diplomats from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies are tackling two major worries in Northeast Asia by vowing to take a tough stance on China's threats to Taiwan and North Korea's flurry of long-range missile tests

Radio France Internationale

China drills, war in Ukraine high on agenda of G7 foreign ministers' meeting

G7 foreign ministers are meeting in Japan for talks set to be dominated by China's growing pressure on Taiwan, and Russia's war in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

G7 diplomats to grapple with Ukraine, China, N. Korea crises

Russian threats to nuke Ukraine

Fortune

Russia could become China’s ‘economic colony,’ CIA director says

Russia’s alliance with China is becoming an increasingly one-sided affair.

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Hundreds attend funeral for pro-Putin blogger killed in cafe blast

Vladlen Tatarsky’s funeral held in Moscow

Bangkok Post

Diplomacy may no longer be off table in Ukraine

The recent face-to-face between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the G20 gathering last month in New Delhi -- the first such high-level interaction since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, suggests that diplomacy may no longer be a dirty word.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia’s Lavrov: West Trying to Drive a Wedge Between Moscow, Beijing

The West is trying to drive a wedge between Russia and China by talking about their unequal relations and Moscow's dependence on Beijing, Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Tuesday. Lavrov, speaking to the Argumenty i Fakty news website, also said the European Union's hostile…

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