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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky called on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to unite with Western states in order to oppose the Russian Federation on the issue of the Ukrainian conflict, CNN reports.
Zelensky called on China to “join the united world” and speak out against Russia against the background of the conflict in Ukraine, the publication says.
According to journalists, the head of the Ukrainian state did this during a virtual address to students of the Australian National University.
Zelensky admitted that “Beijing’s neutrality is better” than if China had joined Russia. He further said that “it is important that China does not help Russia,” the authors of the article shared the details.
The Russian Federation launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin called its goal the demilitarization and denazification of the republic, as well as the protection of the people of Donbass. To do this, according to the Russian leader, it is planned to put on trial all war criminals responsible for “bloody crimes against civilians” in the region.
According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Russian army strikes only at the military infrastructure and parts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).