Ukraine tells China envoy it will not give up territory to Russia as price of peace

Li Hui, the highest-ranking Chinese diplomat to visit Ukraine since the Russian invasion, is on a European tour to promote Beijing's peace plan

Ukraine's foreign minister has met China's special envoy to Kyiv and insisted that the war-torn country would not accept a peace plan that relied on giving up territory after Russia's invasion.

In the Ukrainian capital, China's envoy Li Hui is seeking to promote Beijing-led negotiations to resolve the conflict. He is the most senior Chinese diplomat to visit Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022.