U.S. Halts Military Aid to Ukraine The U.S. paused shipments of key weapons to Ukraine on July 2, raising concerns in Kyiv and European capitals over Ukraine's ability to defend itself in the coming months.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the European Union’s top diplomat that Beijing can’t accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine as this could allow the United States to turn its full attention to China,

China cannot afford for Russia to lose the war in Ukraine, Beijing’s foreign minister has said, in unguarded comments to European officials.