Xi Jinping is invited to come by Zelensky - AP

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has reportedly said he is ready to see his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Kiev. Zelensky has hosted a parade of Western politicians in Kiev, including US President Joe Biden and three UK prime ministers, and has said he is open to China’s peace plan but would only accept a deal that led to Russia pulling all of its forces out of Ukrainian territory. China Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told reporters on Wednesday that she had no information on whether Zelensky’s regime had actually invited Xi to Kiev, nor was she able to say whether the Chinese president would accept such an offer. Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted a state visit by Xi earlier this month in Moscow, and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin last week called the summit “very troubling.” Officials in Washington have suggested that China is considering sending arms to Russia, saying such a move would have “consequences.”