Ukraine’s Saudi-Hosted Peace Summit Gets China Boost, With Russia Excluded

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Diplomats will descend on the Saudi city of Jeddah this weekend for what Ukraine hopes will be a boon for President Volodymyr Zelensky's peace formula, as Kyiv's troops press a slow and costly counteroffensive against their beleaguered but resolute Russian enemies. Some 30 nations, but not Russia, will be represented at the summit. Among them will be China, with President Xi Jinping reportedly planning to dispatch his special envoy for peace in Ukraine, Li Hui. China's involvement will be welcomed by Kyiv, which has repeatedly appealed to Beijing to dissuade Russia from pursuing its imperial ambitions and brutal conduct in...