President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday he had asked his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to help bring back Ukrainian children deported by Russia.
“We need to involve everyone … to put pressure on the Russian aggressor and the terrorists who kidnapped so many of our children,” Zelensky said.
“The UN, many others want to do something, but so far the results have been poor. So I have appealed to the leader of China,” he said.
Xi and Zelensky spoke by phone on Wednesday, the first known call between the two leaders since the start of Russia’s invasion.
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Beijing says it is neutral in the Ukraine conflict and Xi has never condemned the Russian invasion.
