Ukraine Latest: Zelenskiy Calls Xi’s Hour-Long Call ‘Productive’

Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the first time since the Kremlin’s invasion began, telling the Ukrainian leader that the only way to achieve peace is through negotiations. Although readouts of the call suggested no major breakthroughs, President Zelenskiy’s office described it as a “productive hour-long conversation.”

Russia put two companies owned by Finland’s Fortum Oyj and German utility’s Uniper SE under temporary state administration in response to asset freezes by the US and its allies. President Vladimir Putin Tuesday night signed a decree, allowing the government to introduce temporary state control over property or securities owned by companies or individuals from so-called unfriendly states.