Washington (AFP) White House National Security Press Secretary John Kirby said U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Brinken will discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine with Chinese officials during his Feb 5-6 visit to China.Â
Kirby told reporters that talks between the two countries on a range of issues, including military and climate change, were put on hold when China protested then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan last August.Â
Kirby said Brinken is trying to “restore and/or revive” conversations on these topics.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday argued that sports sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus over their invasion of Ukraine were “non-negotiable”.
The head of Russia’s Olympic Committee said on Tuesday that athletes representing Russia should not be subjected to different conditions than other countries in the growing controversy over possible participation in the 2024 Paris Games. In response, the IOC said rules banning Russians from competing under the Russian flag, national anthem or colors remain in effect.
An IOC spokesman said, “Sanctions against the states and governments of Russia and Belarus are non-negotiable.”
On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch accused Ukraine of using banned anti-personnel mines against Russian military incursions, saying nearly 50 of his civilians, including five children, were injured. rice field.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry insisted that the military fulfill its obligations under the Mine Mine Treaty, but did not comment on the types of weapons used by the end of the war.
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“Ukrainian forces appear to have extensively scattered landmines” around the Izyum area in the northeast, HRW arms expert Steve Goose said.Ukraine PM says EU-Ukraine summit to take place in Kyiv on Friday
Ukraine’s prime minister said a Ukraine-European Union summit will take place in Kyiv on Friday, as the war-torn country battles to repel the Russian invasion.
“The Ukraine-EU summit will be held in Kyiv on February 3,” Prime Minister Denys Shmygal told a government meeting on Tuesday, calling the event “extremely important” for Kyiv’s bid to join the European bloc.
“The fact that this summit will be held in Kyiv is a powerful signal to both partners and enemies,” Shmygal added.
Ukraine said it delivered a strong protest to Hungary’s ambassador on Tuesday over “disparaging” comments by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, and urged Budapest to stop what it called anti-Ukrainian rhetoric.
US President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he will be discussing Ukraine’s latest requests for advanced weaponry to defend against Russia with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Russian forces on Tuesday claimed to have captured the eastern Ukraine village of Blagodatne and north of the town of Bakhmut, the epicenter of heavy fighting.
Ukraine’s defense minister said Tuesday as allies in Kyiv debate whether to provide fighter jets for war with Russia after US President Joe Biden denied supplying Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets. I am scheduled to meet with French officials in Paris on
Ukraine plans to push for Western fourth-generation fighters like the F-16 after securing a supply of main battle tanks last week, an adviser to Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Friday.
France and Poland appear ready to accept such a request from Ukraine, with French President Emmanuel Macron telling reporters in The Hague on Monday that when it comes to military aid, “by definition, it is excluded. There is nothing that can be done,” he said.
But President Macron set a number of “criteria” before making a decision. Days after allies pledged to supply tanks, Ukraine stepped up its demands for more advanced weapons from the West.
