China supplies weapons to Russia, including gunpowder and artillery, and Chinese representatives are involved in the production of arms on Russian territory, Ukrainian president Voldimi Zelensky said on Thursday. Quote Report by Ukraine’s Security and Intelligence Reporting Agency. “We’re ready to talk more about this,” Zelenskyy said. Ukraine is hoping to share documents to support claims next week.
Zelenskyy said: “We have finally received information that China is supplying weapons to the Russian Federation. …We believe that Chinese representatives are engaged in the production of weapons on Russian territory. …We see cooperation between these two countries in this field and we must acknowledge that it is happening. The Associated Press was unable to confirm Zelenskyy’s statement. Beijing has consistently denied Russia’s armament against Ukraine.
Zelenskyy said Russia reduced the number of strikes at Ukraine’s energy facilities Instead, they intensified attacks on civilian infrastructure.. Zelenskyyy said at a press conference on Kyiv that Russia had launched in total As many missiles and drones in Ukraine as before. “They reduced strikes against energy. That’s true. But I wanted this to be noted. Russia did not reduce the number of strikes. [strikes on] Energy, they’ve hit other private infrastructure. ”
Russia’s UN ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia denounced Ukraine on Thursday at the Security Council, which ignored the energy ceasefire. In a joint statement after the council met, Slovenia, Denmark, France, Greece and the UK He urged Russia to agree to a complete and unconditional ceasefire. Samuel Zubogal, UN Ambassador to Slovenia, said: Russia once again refused to take a comprehensive ceasefire and took the first step towards peace. ”
Ukrainian economic minister Julia Swillidenko said on Thursday Kiev had signed a “Memorandum of Intent” with Washington on the planned “Investment Fund for Reconstruction of Ukraine.” US President Donald Trump has said he will sign the mineral trade “next Thursday.” US Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent told AFP that the deal was targeted on April 26th.
Top negotiators of the “E3” group in the UK, France and Germany are scheduled to meet again in London next week. Donald Trump’s mission has finally met with European Foreign Ministers over ceasefire efforts. “The newest thing is that the US, Ukraine and Europeans met around the same table,” said French Foreign Minister Jean Noel Baro after Paris was commissioned by Germany, the UK, the US Foreign Minister and Trump’s friend Steve Witkov and Ukraine on Thursday.
“E3 is around the table and we do it with European ambitions.” After meeting at Elise Palace on Thursday, senior adviser Emmanuel Macron, French president, said. “The key is that we have started the process in a place where we are positive in Paris today and where Europeans are associated,” Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, the US State Department said.
