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The Kremlin claimed on Wednesday that Chinese dictator Xi Jinping affirmed the “legitimacy” of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, a major departure if true from China’s previous agnostic stance and a differing account from the Chinese government’s report of Xi’s statements.

Washington Post reporter Josh Rogin asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday to advise Taiwan on how it could “stand strong as China seeks to impose its control over a free people, by force if necessary.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday urged the international community to learn a lesson from Russia’s attack on his country by stepping up to defend Taiwan before China decides to invade it.

A counter-offensive has pushed Russians out of parts of the southern Kherson region they took early in the war, according to Zelensky.

(AFP) — EU chief Ursula von der Leyen visited Ukraine on Saturday to discuss the country’s hopes of joining the bloc, as President Volodymyr Zelensky warned the world not to look away from the conflict devastating his country.

(AFP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country’s forces were “doing everything” to stop the Russian offensive, with fierce battles in the east and the south.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s top military official says the situation on the frontline is “very difficult” and calls for “very quick” weapon supplies.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said this week that Ukraine is now losing 60 to 100 soldiers each day in combat. By way of comparison, just short of 50 American soldiers died per day on average in 1968 during the Vietnam War’s deadliest year for U.S. forces.

POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) – Russian and Ukrainian troops engaged in close-quarter combat in an eastern Ukraine city Sunday as Moscow’s soldiers, supported by intense shelling, attempted to gain strategic footholds for conquering the region in the face of fierce Ukrainian resistance.

French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Russian president Vladimir Putin to lift the blockade on Ukrainian grain in order to mitigate the growing global food crisis.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that he is “satisfied” with China’s policy of non-interference against the invasion launched by its ally Russia. Zelensky said he desires closer relations with China even though it has done nothing to protect his country from the devastating Russian assault.

Time magazine on Monday named Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as one of its “100 Most Influential People of 2022.” President Joe Biden bylined the magazine’s brief salute to Zelensky, writing that the Ukrainian people found “a leader worthy of their bravery and resilience.”

Klaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), on Monday told members of the global elites gathered in Davos, Switzerland, “the future is built by us… by a powerful community… as you here in this room.”

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky compared his country to Israel in conversation with World Economic Forum (WEF) boss Klaus Schwab during a video appearance at the Davos summit in Switzerland.

(AFP) — Russian forces pursued their bombardment of frontline Ukrainian cities on Sunday, seeking to gain military momentum as Kyiv’s diplomatic counter-offensive targeted the world’s business and political elite gathering in Davos.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that the still will “put our arms around the British people again as we did during Covid” amid the cost of living and inflationary crisis.

Former President George W. Bush mistakenly blamed Russian leader Vladimir Putin for a “wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq” while praising Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky at an event on Wednesday. 

Nigel Farage warned that it may be a mistake for NATO to accept the applications from Finland and Sweden into the Western military alliance.

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest, a clear show of popular support for the group’s war-ravaged nation that went beyond music. The band and its song “Stefania” beat 24 other performers early Sunday

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Fresh off his country’s Eurovision win, a defiant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed early Sunday to one day host the song contest in the embattled city of Mariupol, which is almost entirely in Russian hands aside from a stalwart group of a few hundred Ukrainian fighters who continue to hold out in a steel factory.

Vice President Kamala Harris will return to the world stage as the face of U.S. diplomacy Monday when she heads to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following the death of ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian troops are withdrawing from around Ukraine’s second-largest city after bombarding it for weeks, the Ukrainian military said Saturday, as Kyiv and Moscow’s forces engaged in a grinding battle for the country’s eastern industrial heartland.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky will address the globalist forum of elites in Davos, Switzerland later this month, the World Economic Forum (WEF) announced on Friday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Italian state television network RAI on Thursday that he is prepared to meet with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The Russian response to Zelensky’s remarks was not entirely hostile.

China’s state-run Global Times — house organ of the world’s leading practitioner of debt-trap colonialism — warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday that Washington is trying to enslave his country with military debts it can never repay.

The European Commission will aim to deliver a first opinion in June on Ukraine´s bid to become a member of the European Union.

U2 frontman Bono and The Edge did a surprise 40-minute acoustic performance for Ukrainian troops in Kyiv over the weekend. 

First Lady Jill Biden on Sunday made a surprise visit to western Ukraine where she was greeted by  her counterpart Olena Zelensky.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday accused Israel of supporting neo-Nazis in Ukraine, a day after Israel expressed outrage over Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s claim that Hitler had Jewish blood.

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Monday lambasted his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov for saying Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “had Jewish blood” and Jews are among the worst antisemites, saying his remarks were “unforgivable.”

KHARKIV, Ukraine – Ukrainian authorities are cracking down on anyone suspected of aiding Russian troops under laws enacted by Ukraine’s parliament and signed by President Volodymyr Zelensky after the Feb. 24 invasion.

First Lady Jill Biden is the new face of U.S. diplomacy. This was confirmed Monday with the news she will head to eastern Europe later this week on a solo diplomatic mission for the White House, following in the footsteps of House Leader Nancy Pelosi who met with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday.

President Joe Biden dispatched House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a secret mission to Kyiv on Saturday where she met Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to deliver a message of U.S. solidarity.

Canada’s House of Commons on Wednesday adopted a motion to designate some of Russia’s recent military actions against Ukraine as “genocide,” Canada’s Global News website reported.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of trying to destroy the Donbas and all who live there.

Where was the U.N. Security Council when Russia invaded Ukraine? Nowhere to be seen, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres conceded Thursday evening, singling out the globalist organization he heads for failing to act in the conflict now convulsing eastern Europe.