Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba visits China China visited Russia on Tuesday to discuss how its officials can work together to end the war with Russia. China has maintained a neutral stance in the conflict, but its deepening “unrestricted” cooperation with Russia has led NATO allies to view China as a “national enemy.” “Decisive promoter” of the invasionBeijing has never condemned this. The US and Europe have condemned Beijing. Sending parts and equipment used to maintain Russian military production.
Hungary is not allowed As Jennifer Rankin reports, the EU has scrapped plans to host an EU strategy meeting next month after Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Moscow and Beijing as a self-described “envoy of peace” without EU authorization. “We have to send a signal, even if it’s a symbolic one,” said EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell, explaining the decision to hold the upcoming meeting of foreign and defense ministers without EU approval. It will be held in Brussels instead of Budapest.Hungary holds the EU presidency and will host the meeting, which usually takes place annually in late August.
Ukraine’s top commander said on Monday that Russian forces had launched a relentless offensive. Advance towards the town of PokrovskActive fighting is taking place across the front in the eastern logistics hub. Colonel-General Oleksandr Shirsky said heavy fighting was taking place near several villages and towns in the east. Krasnohorivka and Chashiv YarIt is a strategic hilltop town, and capturing it would bring Russia closer to threatening important cities in the Donetsk region.
The Russian courts Russian-American journalist Ars Kurmasheva convicted For Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Imprisonment for 6 years or more She was arrested for spreading false information about the Russian military. Her husband, Pavel Butorin, who also works for RFE/RL, said her arrest was Related to the books she edited Say No to War: 40 Stories of Russians Opposing Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine. “My daughters and I know that Ars has done nothing wrong, and the world knows it too. We must bring her home.” RFE/RL president and CEO Steven Kaps called Kurmaseva’s rapid, secretive trial and conviction a “mockery of justice.” Kurmaseva, 47, is based in Prague. Arrested while visiting family In the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.
Ukraine’s government announced on Monday that it had reached a tentative agreement with international creditors. Restructure more than $20 billion in government debt.
Thousands of people attended Irina Falion’s funeral in Lviv. Former Ukrainian parliament member assassinated on FridayFarion was best known for her campaign to promote the use of the Ukrainian language and to eliminate the Russian language from the Ukrainian government. She criticized the Russian-speaking members of Ukraine’s Azov regiment, which defended Mariupol during the first days of the Russian invasion. Ukrainian police are searching for the unidentified assassin.
The EU Extension of sanctions against Russia For another six months, until January 31, 2025.
