Russia-Ukraine war live: China hits back over Zelenskiy's peace summit claims

From 4h ago 04.27 EDT China hits back over Zelenskiy’s peace summit claims China has never "fanned fire or fuelled the flames" of the Russia-Ukraine war, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry has said. The country believes all efforts should be recognised in supporting peace measures in the Russia-Ukraine war, spokesperson Mao Ning said, addressing a question on an upcoming peace summit in Switzerland in mid-June. The remarks follow an accusation by the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Russia and China are trying to weaken his planned global peace summit. Zelenskiy had on Sunday accused China of backing efforts…