There was intense fighting along the eastern frontline, Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander of Ukrainian ground forces, said. Ukraine is holding its defence of the besieged eastern city of Bakhmut as Russian forces attempted to advance to the city centre, a Ukrainian general has said. He also said he would join an upcoming G7 summit in Japan via video link. Zelenskiy, speaking during a joint press conference in Kyiv with Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, said Ukraine was still waiting for an answer from Beijing. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said Kyiv had suggested to China that it join a Ukrainian peace formula to end Russia’s war in his country. Kishida visited a church in the town of Bucha outside Kyiv on Tuesday and said he was “outraged by the cruelty” as he paid his respects to the victims of Russian atrocities against civilians. Kishida and Zelenskiy are expected to discuss Japanese support for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, is en route to meet the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in Kyiv, mirroring the sit-down between Xi and Putin. Putin has condemned the UK for a plan to send ammunition that contains depleted uranium for use in Ukraine.If the UK supplies ammunition with depleted uranium to Ukraine, Russia will be forced to react, the Russian leader warned at his news conference with President Xi. Putin could visit China this year, according to Kremlin foreign policy adviser, Yury Ushakov. The Chinese leader extended the invitation during a meeting on Tuesday morning with the Russian prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin, as part of his state visit to Moscow. Xi has invited Putin to visit China this year in a symbolic show of support after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for Russia’s president over accusations of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children. Putin, speaking at the joint news conference, said Beijing’s proposal to end the Ukraine conflict could be the basis for a peaceful settlement – when the west is ready for it. Xi said talks with his Russian counterpart had been “open and friendly”. Xi said China had an “impartial position” on the conflict in Ukraine and that it supported peace and dialogue, Russian state media reported. The Chinese president’s trip to Moscow has been viewed as a major boost for his strategic partner, Putin. The Chinese and Russian leaders signed a series of documents on a “strategic cooperation” after what Putin described as “successful and constructive” talks which showed that China-Russian relations were at the “highest point” in “the whole history of our two countries”. Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have met for a second set of talks at the Kremlin.
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