Volodymyr Zelensky abandon all diplomatic caution and openly accuses Beijing to be «tool in Putin’s hands» to do peace summit fails scheduled in two weeks in Switzerland. «The Russiataking advantage of Chinese influence in the region and also using Chinese diplomats, he does everything he can to sabotage the summit», is the attack of the Ukrainian president from Singapore. Words that seem to distance the possibility of China mediating a negotiated solution to the war. Is that they place the Dragon among Moscow’s allies in his invasion, also with the supply of weapons and components that have been bringing death and destruction to Ukraine for over two years, according to the leader of Kiev. But what Beijing has always denied it.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue summit at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore on June 2.
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A year ago, in a telephone conversation, Xi Jinping «promised me that China would step asidehe would not support Russia with weapons. Today, there is information according to whichsomehow, some things reach Russian markets via Chinaelements of Russian armaments,” Zelensky said. Statements rejected by the sender by Chinese Defense Minister Dong Junalso in Singapore for the Shangri-La Dialogue: China «has not supplied weapons to either side and has strict control over exports of dual-use goods. We are firmly on the side of peace and dialogue”, the words of Beijing’s head of diplomacy.
But Kiev and the West have been making accusations against China for months of military support for Moscow. And from a political point of view, the Dragon’s decision to ignore the Swiss summit was greeted with “disappointment” by President Zelensky. Who also extended his disappointment to “some world leaders” who have not yet joined the summit: among those who have yet to express their opinion there is also Joe Bidenwhile rumors are circulating in the media according to which the American president will skip the appointment in Lucerne to attend an electoral event in California. What is clear, according to Zelensky, is that Moscow is trying to boycott the summit “traveling to many countries around the world and threatening to block food, agricultural or chemical products” from participating states. An effort to which the Ukrainian leader responded by launching a strong appeal to Asian nations to participate in the Swiss initiative. Also leveraging one of the most dramatic aspects of the war: «Together we also bring back the Ukrainian children deported to Russia from the occupied territories, we know for sure that there are around 20,000 of them».
Updates from the front
«Time is running out», according to the Ukrainian president, while the war rages: in just one week «Russian troops have launched nearly 1,000 attacks against Ukrainewith missiles of various types, anti-aircraft launchers and drones,” he said.
The map shows the three fronts where Russia is concentrating its fighting. To the North East, the Kharkiv front, in Donetsk between the settlements of Adviika and Chasiv Yar. Further south, Ukrainian forces are under pressure southeast of Zaporizhzhia.
The attacks resulted a new wave of planned blackouts across the country. In the meantime, Moscow’s troops continue to advance on the eastern front of Donetskwhere the Russian Defense Ministry claimed responsibility the capture of another village, Umanskoye. And in the northeast, the Ukrainians continue to defend themselves from the offensive in Kharkiv, including placing mines in border areasaccording to what was reconstructed by Bild.
The map shows Ukraine and the hot zones of the war against Russia
And they hope to obtain positive results thanks to the decision of some Western partners – primarily Germany and the USA – to authorize the Ukrainian armed forces to strike Russia with their weapons. In Singapore, Zelensky returned to thank Biden “for this important decision”. And in a meeting with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the Ukrainian president “discussed key issues” such as “strengthening the air defense system and the F-16 coalition.”
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Russia attacks 10 communities in Sumy oblast
Russian forces attacked ten border areas and settlements in Sumy Oblast firing 19 times and causing at least 46 explosions, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported. The newspaper reported it Kyiv Independent. Communities were targeted Miropillia, Khotin, Bilopillia, Mykolaivka, Krasnopillia, Shostka, Esman, Shalyhyne, Novo Sloboda And Velyka Pysarivka. The Russian army struck communities using artillery fire, cluster munitions, drones And mortar shellsalso unhooking mines. No casualties were reported. The city of Bilopillia it was the one that suffered the most attacks, with 24 explosions recorded in the area.
Bilopillia, which had a population of about 15,600 residents before the war, is located just eight kilometers south of the Ukraine-Russia border. Russian attacks on Sumy oblast – reports Kyiv Independent – have become increasingly destructive in recent months. Amid intensified attacks, Ukrainian authorities have ordered increased evacuations from the region. The bombings are a daily occurrence for communities near Ukraine’s northeastern border with Russia, with residents in the region’s vulnerable border settlements suffering multiple attacks every day.
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