China dismisses Zelenskyy's claim it has supplied weapons to Russia

China's foreign ministry has dismissed as "groundless" the accusation by Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the country had been supplying weapons to Russia. The comments, made at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Friday, came a day after the Ukrainian president said China was supplying weapons to Russia, including gunpowder and artillery, and that Chinese representatives were involved in weapons production on Russian territory. In response, the ministry's spokesperson, Lin Jian, said China had never made lethal weapons available to any party in the Ukraine crisis. "China's position on the Ukrainian issue has always been clear," Lin said. "It has been…