Ahead Of The Arrival Of The Chinese Envoy. Ukraine Downs The Russian Barrage.
Li Hui, a senior diplomat serving as Beijing’s special envoy. It is anticipated to arrive in Kyiv for a two-day visit as part of a promotional tour of Europe for Beijing-led peace talks on the war in Ukraine.
On Tuesday, Ukraine asserted. It had shot down an entire barrage of Russian drones and missiles over the course of the previous night.
Including six extremely potent Kinzhal missiles, in advance of a visit from a special envoy dispatched by China.
It had been just over a week since Kyiv announced.
It had successfully shot down a Kinzhal missile using US-supplied Patriot systems for the first time.
After a winter of systematic attacks on crucial infrastructure. Ukraine’s increasing success in shooting down scores of Russian drones and missiles demonstrates the strength of its air defenses.
“The Ukrainian Air Forces achieved yet another incredible victory!” Oleksiy Reznikov, the minister of defense, stated this on Twitter.
According To The Defense Ministry Nine Drones And a Total Of 18 Missiles.
Including several described as “ideal” by the Kremlin, were destroyed by Ukrainian air defense systems.
Li Hui, a senior diplomat serving as Beijing’s special envoy. It is anticipated to arrive in Kyiv for a two-day visit as part of a promotional tour of Europe for Beijing-led peace talks on the war in Ukraine.
“He’s expected to meet the FM (foreign minister) and other high-ranking officials.” A Ukraine government source told AFP without going into further detail.
Following a phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Li Hui will become the highest-ranking Chinese envoy to visit the war-torn nation since Moscow’s invasion last year.
To “communicate with all parties on the political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis,” according to Beijing, is the stated goal of the journey.
Xi Jinping has sought to portray China as impartial and a potential mediator. They visited Moscow in March.
They have come under fire for his decision to refrain from denouncing the Kremlin’s conflict with its neighbors.
Li Hui’s visit also comes after Volodymyr Zelensky finished a quick jaunt across. The major European cities enlist the help of Ukraine’s allies in boosting military aid.
“Just Like Mice In A Trap,”
His trip to increase military aid to help his forces become more combat-ready began in Italy. They followed by weekend trips to France and Germany, then a stop in the UK.
But despite UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement on Monday that plans were being made to create a flying school to train Ukrainian pilots.
President Zelensky has failed to achieve his prized aim of enlisting Western combat jets to seize control of the airspace.
In addition, France has offered to train Ukrainian fighter pilots. But President Emmanuel Macron has disallowed the dispatch of aircraft to Kyiv.
Though late on Monday, President Zelensky declared. He was “returning home with new defense packages.”
Fighting has intensified in the eastern Donetsk sector of the front line. particularly in the battle-scarred city of Bakhmut.
The leader of Russia’s Wagner paramilitary squad has criticized Moscow’s performance in the important city. According to the News Ukraine has recently made its first victory there in weeks.
Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander of Ukraine’s ground forces claimed on Tuesday. He had traveled to Bakhmut to present medals to soldiers engaged in the invasion’s longest battle.
He claimed that Wagner’s soldiers entered Bakhmut “like rats into a mousetrap.”
In some regions close to Bakhmut, we are employing counter-offensive measures in accordance with the notion of active defense, he continued.
On Tuesday, the governor of the Donetsk region where Bakhmut is situated. They declared in the News. The combat the previous day had resulted in the deaths of five civilians and the injuries of four more.