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Here are the key events on day 1,288 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Any such trip would pose a grave risk to Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s safety; Kaja Kallas says China’s help to Russia ‘allowing killing to continue’. What we know on day 1,289

US president says his Russian counterpart ‘knows where I stand’ on efforts to end the conflict.

Trump is increasingly frustrated by his inability to get Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to sit down for direct talks aimed at ending the war.

On display in Beijing were nuclear weapons launched by air, sea and land, laser weapons and four-legged drones

China marks 80 years since World War II's end with a vast military parade, unveiling hypersonic missiles, nuclear triad and laser weaponry before Xi, Putin and Kim — drawing sharp criticism from the US.

India has resisted Western pressure to denounce Moscow outright following the February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, though India has called for a cessation of hostilities.

The pictures from this week’s military parade in Beijing commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the earlier economic gathering would seem to offer a striking, maybe even sinister, message to the United States and its allies — evidence of a possible new reconfiguration of…

China’s president, Xi Jinping, has been busy on the diplomatic front. China has just hosted the largest annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), followed by an impressive military parade to mark the defeat of Japan in the second world war – all accompanied by key bilateral meetings with…