KYIV: China said on Monday (Feb 27) it sought dialogue and a peaceful solution for Ukraine despite United States warnings that Beijing might be considering weapons supplies for its ally Russia's invas
Air-raid sirens blared in the capital Kyiv and other cities overnight and a Russian missile killed one person in the western town of Khmelnitskyi, Mayor Oleksandr Symshyshyn said on the Telegram messaging app. The all-clear sounded after daybreak.
"The core is to call for peace and promote dialogue and promote a political solution to the crisis," foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a news briefing in Beijing. China's proposals have cut little ice among Ukraine's NATO military alliance supporters, who say they are trying to dissuade China from supplying lethal aid for Russia's lumbering invasion, possibly including"kamikaze" drones.
"If it goes down that road it will come at real costs to China," US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN. Dmitry Medvedev, an ex-Russian president and close ally of Putin, said in published remarks the West's continued supply of arms to Kyiv risked a global nuclear disaster - reiterating apocalyptic rhetoric seen as an effort to deter deeper Western involvement with Russia struggling for battlefield momentum."When the Russian Federation talks about a nuclear conflict ... two questions arise," Mykailo Podolyak tweeted.
Russia's forces are focusing on taking full control of the eastern Donbas industrial region but have managed only minor advances despite being replenished by hundreds of thousands of conscripts and reservists.
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