Li is China's special representative on Eurasian affairs and is a former ambassador to Russia. “The news that China is delegating Li Hui to Jeddah is a super breakthrough." "We want China to participate in the Peace Formula Summit,” Kuleba said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine on Friday. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said China's participation in the Ukraine peace meeting in Saudi Arabia this weekend is “a super breakthrough and a historic victory.” President Vladimir Putin said Russia has a stockpile and will consider using them against Ukraine “if they are used against us.” But Russia has already used the munitions several times in Ukraine, CNN has previously reported, including in densely populated areas.Ĭhinese Special Envoy for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui speaks at a press briefing in Beijing on June 2. The UK, France, Germany and other key US allies have outlawed the munitions under the Convention on Cluster Munitions, but the US and Ukraine are not signatories to the ban. Some background: Ukrainian troops have started firing the cluster munitions provided by the US as part of their counteroffensive against Russia, two US officials and another person briefed on the matter told CNN last month.Ĭluster munitions scatter “bomblets” across large areas, which would allow Ukrainian forces to target larger concentrations of Russian forces and equipment with fewer rounds of ammunition.īut the bomblets can also fail to explode on impact and can pose a long-term risk to anyone who encounters them, similar to landmines. The statement reiterated that the use of cluster munitions against civilians is "a gross violation of international humanitarian law, the Geneva Conventions, and a number of other international treaties, as cluster munitions have an indiscriminate effect and significant destructive power." It was later confirmed that it was a ballistic missile fired by the Russian troops from the Tochka-U system, that hit the train station on that day, where civilians gathered with the intent to evacuate to a safer place," the office said in a statement. "On that day at least 53 people were killed and 135 injured. Meanwhile, US Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie met with Zelensky during a trip to Ukraine on Friday. The former New Jersey governor also visited battle-torn areas of Moshchun and Bucha.
Official meetings: Saudi Arabia is set to host peace talks on Ukraine this weekend that will include the US as well as a number of Western and developing countries. Russian forces have occupied the plant and the surrounding area since the early days of the invasion. Zaporizhzhia developments: The International Atomic Energy Agency said it has found no evidence of mines or explosives on the rooftops of reactors at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, as had been speculated after the publication of satellite images of the plant. He told CNN that the government was weighing whether to close the border with Belarus, a close Russian ally. Wagner threat: Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Paweł Jabłoński said “the threat is very real” from Belarus, arguing that Wagner Group soldiers have made attempts to infiltrate Polish territory. According to the UN rights chief, Volker Türk, the prison sentence raises “serious concerns” about judicial harassment in Russia. This latest verdict is a fresh blow to a fierce critic of Russia's President Putin that comes amid a worsening climate triggered by the Ukraine war. Navalny sentencing: Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was sentenced to 19 years in prison after being found guilty on extremism charges, a court within the high-security prison where he is being held, said on Friday, according to Russian state media TASS. Ukraine has not yet commented, and CNN has not been able to independently verify the claims. The incident comes against the backdrop of rising tensions in the Black Sea and stepped-up Ukrainian strikes against targets across Russia after President Volodymyr Zelensky pledged to “return” the war to Russian territory.Įarly Saturday, Russian media reported that a tanker was attacked in the Kerch Strait and that tugboats were at the scene to tow the vessel. Ukrainian sea drones attacked a major naval base in Russia on Friday, leaving a damaged Russian warship tilting in the Black Sea in a brazen strike carried out hundreds of miles from Ukrainian-held territory.Ī Ukrainian source told CNN that a sea drone carrying nearly 1,000 pounds of TNT hit the vessel – and claimed there were about 100 Russian service members aboard.
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