The Kremlin said on April 27 it welcomed anything that could bring an end to the Ukraine conflict closer when asked what it thought of a phone call the day before between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia still needed to achieve the aims of what it calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine. On April 26, the Chinese and Ukrainian leaders spoke for the first time since Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in February 2022, fulfilling a long-standing goal of Kyiv, which had publicly sought such talks for months. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.
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