Cover image: Chinese President Xi Jinping, flanked by Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von de Leyen, on April 6 in Beijing. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP
- In Beijing, Emmanuel Macron and Xi Jinping reject the use of nuclear weapons. The French and Chinese presidents on Thursday called for peace talks as soon as possible to end the conflict in Ukraine.
- A trilateral meeting is to be held on Thursday in Beijing, in the presence of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.
- The Kremlin excludes mediation from China. “The situation with Ukraine is complex, there is no prospect of a political settlement”Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.
- Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut “ don’t go anywhere”, declared, Thursday, Evgueni Prigojine, the founder of the Wagner Group. The Ukrainian president said on Wednesday in Warsaw that “the enemy has no[vait] not take control” de Bakhmouth.
- “I am convinced that Sweden will become a member” of NATO, “particularly because all the allies, including Turkey, invited Sweden to become a member during our summit in Madrid”NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday at CNN.
- In the Horlivka sector, two civilians were killed and two injured in Bakhmoutwhere a kindergarten, two houses and three multi-storey buildings were damaged, the head of the Donetsk regional military administration said on Thursday on Telegram.
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