Ukrainian forces attempting to take the city of Kherson have failed to make further advances, a senior regional official has reported. The frontline near the city remains “difficult but stable,” Kirill Stremousov, the deputy head of the administration of Kherson Region, stated on Wednesday. In particular, Ukrainian forces “had their ass handed to them” during…

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The conflict in Ukraine is closely related to the bloc’s eastward expansion, Beijing’s UN envoy has said NATO should cease its “saber-rattling” and start promoting global peace, Chinese envoy Zhang Jun has said at a UN Security Council meeting dedicated to the second anniversary of the conflict in Ukraine.