China denies “putting pressure” on certain countries so that they do not participate in the Peace Summit on Ukraine organized in Switzerland, as Volodymyr Zelensky said.
“Using force politics is not the style of Chinese diplomacy,” the Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday.
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ZELENSKY AT G7.
Zelensky will attend the G7 summit to be held June 13-15 in Puglia, Italy.
BEIJING
China has denied “putting pressure” on certain countries so that they do not participate in the Peace Summit on Ukraine organized in Switzerland, as the Ukrainian president accused this weekend. “Using force politics is not the style of Chinese diplomacy, (…) China’s position is open and transparent, and under no circumstances do we put pressure on other countries,” he said. Mao Ning, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told the press.
ON THE EASTERN FRONT
An LCI team was able to accompany a Ukrainian assault unit into the heart of the battle of Klichtchiïvka. This small village of which almost nothing remains is a strategic lock to slow down the Russian offensive on the eastern front. ⬇️
UPDATE ON THE SITUATION
Find here the most significant information from the last 24 hours:
- A thousand people attended the funeral of a renowned journalist and volunteer nurse killed at the front last week in central kyiv on Sunday. Irina Tsybukh, known as Cheka, was a 25-year-old paramedic who worked rotations in northeastern Ukraine.
- The Russian Defense Ministry on Sunday claimed the conquest of a small town, Umanské, in the Donetsk region, in eastern Ukraine. The small town, which had fewer than 180 inhabitants before the start of the Russian offensive in February 2022, is located about 25 km northwest of Donetsk, a large regional city under Russian control.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused China of working to “prevent” countries from participating in a peace summit on Ukraine, which Beijing has criticized because Russia is not invited.
A new victory since the Russian offensive which began on May 10. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed Sunday the conquest of a small town, Umanské, in the Donetsk region, in eastern Ukraine, where its army is on the offensive.
“Units of the Center Troop Group managed to liberate the village of Umanskoye (Umanské in Ukrainian, editor’s note) in the Donetsk People’s Republic”indicated the Russian ministry in a press release.
Russian “progress” in “all tactical directions”
The small town of Umanské, less than 180 inhabitants before the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine in February 2022, is located approximately 25 km northwest of Donetsk, a large regional city under Russian control.
On Friday, the new Russian Defense Minister, Andrei Beloussov, welcomed “some progress” carried out by his army in Ukraine “in all tactical directions”.
According to him, 880 km² of Ukrainian territory have been conquered by Russian troops since January 1, 2024. The Ukrainian army, lacking ammunition and men, has been struggling for several months, with Russia having launched a new offensive at the beginning of May on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city.
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Russian forces also continue to push in the east, particularly in the direction of Pokrovsk, about thirty kilometers northwest of Umanské. kyiv hopes that the upcoming delivery of long-awaited Western munitions will enable it to regain the advantage on the front where it has been on the decline for several months.
The United States, which has so far refused to do so, gave the green light this week for Ukraine to strike, under certain conditions, targets on Russian soil in order to defend the Kharkiv region.
