May 6, 2022
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China called on the international community to create enabling conditions for Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations and do more to facilitate a political settlement, rather than the other way around.
"It is not only morally despicable to try to benefit from aggravating the conflict, but also dangerous in reality. Doing so is doomed to backfire," China's permanent representative to the United Nations Zhang Jun said during a Security Council briefing on Ukraine.
Catch up with the latest headlines:
- The UN Security Council, including Russia, have agreed to express "deep concern regarding the maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine," diplomats said on Friday. This is the Council's first statement since Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine on February 24
- Ukrainian officials accused Russia of violating a ceasefire on Friday aimed at evacuating scores of civilians trapped in the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol
- Russia will not use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, foreign ministry spokesperson Alexei Zaitsev said, accusing those who suggested Moscow might launch a nuclear strike of "deliberate lies."
- The U.S. is ramping up its training program to aid Ukrainian troops to get familiarized with American-supplied weapons, the country's Department of Defense told reporters on Wednesday
- Amid its military operation in Ukraine, Russia is preparing to remember its defeat of fascism in World War II. On May 9, what's known as Victory Day in Russia, a grand military parade is scheduled for the iconic Red Square in the nation's capital, Moscow
- Contrary to assertions by the U.S. State Department, China says it's position on the Ukraine issue is impartial, objective, and beyond reproach
- European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen has proposed plans for a phased embargo on Russian oil, as well as sanctions on its top bank and banning Russian broadcasters from European airwaves
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Ukraine on Tuesday he believed it would defeat Russia and expose the "gigantic error" of the Kremlin's offensive as he invoked Britain's wartime leader Winston Churchill to underline his support for Kyiv
- A Ukrainian nurse who lost her legs in shelling gets a surprise wedding. Watch her story here.
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The after-effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict
The Russia-Ukraine crisis has caused major supply disruptions and has led to historically higher prices for a number of commodities, according to a new World Bank report. Prices of most commodities are expected to climb significantly higher in 2022 than in 2021 and to remain high.
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(Sources: China Report)
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