US warns world ‘should not be fooled’ by Xi’s ‘peace’ proposal as Chinese leader meets ‘dear friend’ Putin – as it happened
by LĂ©onie Chao-Fong, Martin Belam and Natasha May from World news | The Guardian on (#69ZKC)
Antony Blinken says China proposals could be stalling tactic' to help Russian troops in Ukraine as Xi Jinping meets Vladimir Putin in Moscow. This live blog is closed
Associated Press reports that European Union ministers will meet today to try to finalise a plan to supply Ukraine with artillery shells, replenish their own national stocks and ramp up Europe's defence industry.
The 27-nation bloc's foreign and defence ministers will discuss the plan at a joint session in Brussels. Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba is due to provide an update of the latest developments in the war and set out his country's military needs.
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