Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has accused China of „working hard“ to prevent countries from attending the Ukraine peace conference in Switzerland in mid-June. According to the AP news agency, Zelenskiy told reporters at Sunday’s Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that Beijing was helping the Kremlin to undermine the top-level meeting in Switzerland. „Russia, using Chinese influence on the region, using Chinese diplomats, does everything to disrupt the peace summit.“ He said it was regrettable that „such a big, independent, powerful country as China is an instrument in [the] hands of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin.“