Speaking to a group of media outlets by telephone, the Ukrainian president stated that he had had no recent contact with former Defence Minister Fedorov. And on the possibility of a trilateral meeting with Moscow: “The sooner, the better.”

China is attempting to counter European accusations regarding its subsidies with somewhat clumsy propaganda. Meanwhile, Chinese cars are flooding the market

Beijing has responded to the new package of European sanctions against Chinese companies involved in Russia’s war economy by blocking exports to fourteen EU firms. Among these, for the first time, are Lafert SpA and Garnet srl, two Italian companies that rely on Chinese rare earths. The impact could be very severe