Ukraine tells China envoy peace plan must not lose land to Russia

Li Hui was in Kyiv to promote Beijing-led negotiations to resolve the conflict. He is expected to end his European tour in Moscow [Eduard Kryzhanivskyi/Press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters]

Ukraine’s foreign minister told a top Chinese envoy that Kyiv would not accept any proposals to end the war with Russia that involved Ukraine losing territory or the placing of the conflict on hold, the Ukrainian foreign ministry said.

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba made the remarks during a meeting in Kyiv with Li Hui, who is China’s special representative for Eurasian affairs and former ambassador to Russia.