Chinese President Xi JinpingBEJING, Apr 1China and the EU should work to prevent the spread of the Ukrainian crisis and ensure the stability of the global economic system, Chinese President Xi Jinping said during a summit with the EU leadership via videoconference. «China and the EU should make efforts to control and manage the situation, as well as prevent the spread of the crisis (outside Ukraine – ed.), in particular, it is necessary to ensure the stability of the system, rules and foundations of the global economy, as well as to strengthen people’s trust,” Xi Jinping said, quoted by the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Xi Jinping called on the EU to «not add fuel to the fire» in the situation with Ukraine»Many people are extremely worried that the current situation (in Ukraine — ed.) could overnight destroy the results of decades of international economic cooperation. If the situation continues to deteriorate, it is assumed that that the subsequent recovery may take years or even decades,” Xi Jinping added. all parties should cherish these achievements, the existing global economic system should not be recklessly attacked, much less politicized, turned into a tool or weapon, causing serious crises in finance, trade, energy, science and technology, food, industry and supply chains «.Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
