Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Wednesday he hopes Donald Trump will discuss ways to end Russia’s war on Ukraine when the US president meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
“We are in constant contact with our American partners,” Zelenskyy told a summit in Romania.
“We are thankful, and we are expecting that the issue of ending of the Russian war against Ukraine will be raised now as well, while the president of the United States is in China,” he added.
China is a close partner of Russia, and has maintained a neutral stance on Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
“The mutual trust between China and Russia grows ever deeper, with pragmatic cooperation forging an unbreakable bond,” Xi said when visiting Moscow in May 2025
In data reported in 2025, China was Russia’s top economic partner, with bilateral trade soaring to $244 billion (€216 billion) in 2024. In February 2022, the two countries signed a “no limits” economic, military, and diplomatic partnership to counter Western influence.
The US has in the past accused China of providing material support for Russia by providing parts for weapons production, and economic support by buying Russian oil.
