China urges peace in Ukraine after US warning

China said on Monday it sought dialogue and a peaceful solution for Ukraine despite US warnings that Beijing might be considering weapons supplies for its ally Russiarsquos invasionAirraid sirens blared in the capital Kyiv and other cities overnight and a Russian missile killed one person in the western town of Khmelnitskyi Mayor Oleksandr Symshyshyn said on the Telegram messaging appThe allclear sounded after daybreak China which declared a ldquono limitsrdquo alliance with Russia shortly before the invasion a year ago has refused to condemn the onslaught and last week published a 12point plan calling for a ceasefire and gradual deescalation by both sidesKyiv struck a receptive tone on some aspects of the plan while reiterating there could be no peace without a total Russian withdrawalmdasha nonstarter for Moscow ldquoI really want victory to happen this year For this we have everything ldquomotivation confidence friends diplomacyrdquo Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a post on the Telegram messaging app on Monday Chinarsquos foreign ministry said it had kept contact with all sides in the crisis including Kyiv and its position was clearAlso Read We will defeat everyone says Ukraine President Zelensky on war anniversaryldquoThe core is to call for peace and promote dialogue and promote a political solution to the crisisrdquo foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a news briefing in Beijing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday the Chinese plan should be analysed in detail and account for the interests of all sides but for now Moscow saw no signs suggesting a peaceful resolution was feasibleZelenskyy fires Ukrainersquos commander of joint forcesUkrainersquos President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday fired commander of joint forces operation Major Gen Eduard Mykhailovich Moskalov reported CNN Moskalov had been appointed to the position last March when Lt Gen Oleksandr Pavliuk was appointed head of the Kyiv regional military administration Meanwhile Zelenskyy did not provide an explanation for Moskalovrsquos dismissal but itrsquos the latest in a long line of recent leadership changes made by his administration reported CNN Ukrainian authorities have conducted a series of anticorruption searches and crackdowns across the country and a variety of highprofile dismissals have followed It is not yet clear if Moskalovrsquos firing was connected to the recent corruption purge reported CNNThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever