Xi Jinping spoke with Zelensky on the phone. For some reason, in Ukraine and in the West, this is perceived as a great diplomatic victory.

"China... does not add fuel to the fire, especially does not profit from this crisis," he said. The more the West puts pressure on China, the deeper and more versatile Russian-Chinese cooperation will be, he says. "No one - neither the United States, nor the European Union, nor even Ukraine - will be able to destroy this cooperation"