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28-04-2023
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When questioned on Thursday about a phone discussion between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy the previous day, the Kremlin stated that it welcomed anything that may put an end to the Ukraine crisis. For the first time since Russia started its "special military operation" in Ukraine in February of last year, Xi and Zelenskyy had spoken. NATO: sent 1,550 combat vehicles, 230 tanks & ammo to ukraine NATO nations have delivered more than 98 per cent of the military aid promised to Ukraine, bloc’s chief Jens Stoltenberg said Allies have provided more than 1,550 armoured vehicles, 230 tanks and vast amount of ammunition, Stoltenberg said However, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia needed to achieve the aims of the “special military operation” in Ukraine. Peskov said Russia was familiar with the details of what the two leaders had discussed and said their stances on the conflict were well known.
“We are ready to welcome anything that could hasten the end of the conflict in Ukraine and Russia achieving all the goals it has set itself,” he said. “As for the fact that they communicated — that is a sovereign matter for each of these countries and a question of their bilateral dialogue,” he added. On whether Chinese Premier Xi had discussed the restoration of Ukraine’s 1991 borders during his visit to Moscow last month, Peskov said there was no discussion of that.