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07/08/2024July 8, 2024
Hungary’s Orban meets with Xi in Beijing
Following trips to both Kyiv and Moscow, to meet with Chinese Prime Minister .
Orban, who recently took over the position of the rotating EU presidency, called his trip “peace mission 3.0.”
He called China a “key power in creating the conditions for peace” in the ongoing conflict. Beijing has put forward its own peace plan but refused to take part in .
However, Orban is a close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Brussels has stressed that the Hungarian leader’s comments are not representative of the bloc as a whole.
China’s President Xi, for his part, used Orban’s visit to call on the international community to “create conditions and provide assistance for the two sides to resume direct dialogue and negotiations,” according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
“Only when all major powers exert positive energy rather than negative energy can the dawn of a ceasefire in this conflict appear as soon as possible,” he reportedly said.
Orban left Beijing on Monday on his way to Washington for a three-day summit.
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07/08/2024July 8, 2024
Russia says it foiled defection attempt
The Russian FSB security service said on Monday that it had foiled an attempt to convince a Russian pilot to land his strategic bomber in Ukraine as part of a defection.
The FSB said “the secret services of NATO countries” had been involved in the plan to capture the TU-22M3 plane.
The pilot had allegedly been promised financial compensation and an Italian passport in an attempt “to persuade him to land the strategic bomber in Ukraine.”
Ukraine did not immediately comment on the claim.
Last year, Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov was convinced to defect with his Mi-8 helicopter to Ukrainian-held territory. He was . Russia has been accused of assassinating targets both inside and outside of Russia.
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07/08/2024July 8, 2024
Russian missile strikes Ukrainian capital
Explosions were heard across on Monday morning amid reports that Russian forces had fired more than 40 missiles, including hypersonic Kinzhal missiles, at Ukrainian cities across the country.
“As of this minute, five people have been reported killed. The information is being updated,” Sergiy Popko said on Telegram.
President said that a children’s hospital was hit in Kyiv, along with residential buildings.
“Russian terrorists once again massively attacked Ukraine with missiles. Different cities: Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvy Rig, Sloviansk, Kramatorsk. More than 40 missiles of various types. Residential buildings, infrastructure and a children’s hospital were damaged,” the president said.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported on the use of . At 10 times the speed of sound, these missiles are much harder to shoot down and are some of the most advanced weaponry in the Russian arsenal.
The head of Ukraine’s presidential office, Andrii Yermal, said that many people were in the streets at the time of the attack.
ab/lo (Reuters, AP, AFP, dpa)
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