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Latest Developments in Ukraine: March 30

by VOA News

   For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit [1]Flashpoint
   Ukraine.

   For the latest developments of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine,
   all times EDT:

   1:30 a.m.: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in China as
   Russia attempts to shore up support from its most powerful ally.

   Lavrov landed in Huangshan, an eastern city on Tuesday. He is scheduled
   to attend meetings on the topic of stabilizing Afghanistan with
   representatives from Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and
   Uzbekistan. A separate meeting of the "extended troika" will include
   representatives of the United States, China and Russia, [2]Al Jazeera
   reported. The meetings will take place in the town of Tunxi, which is
   isolated from major population centers.

   The trip marks Lavrov's first to China since Russia's invasion of
   Ukraine. Prior to the visit Lavrov declared Russia-China relations were
   at their strongest ever, Reuters reported.

   12:30 a.m.: Negotiations are expected to resume Wednesday, five weeks
   into what has devolved into a bloody war of attrition, with thousands
   dead and almost 4 million Ukrainians fleeing the country, The
   Associated Press reported.

   Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed skepticism
   Tuesday night about Russia's announcement that it would significantly
   scale back military operations near Ukraine's capital and a northern
   city.

   "Yes, we can call those signals that we hear at the negotiations
   positive. But those signals don't silence the explosions of Russian
   shells," Zelenskyy said. "Of course, we see the risks. Of course, we
   don't see any basis for trusting the words voiced by those or other
   representatives of the state that is continuing to fight for our
   destruction. "Ukrainians are not naïve people," Zelenskyy said.
   "Ukrainians have already learned during the 34 days of the invasion and
   during the past eight years of war in the Donbas that you can trust
   only concrete results."

   12:00 a.m.: Opponents of Russia's invasion of Ukraine gathered in the
   U.S. state of Colorado to raise funds for displaced civilians and to
   remember those killed by Nazis during World War II. From Denver,
   Svitlana Prystynska has our story.

   Some information in this report came from The Associated Press and
   Reuters

References

   1. https://www.voanews.com/z/6932
   2. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/30/lavrov-in-first-china-visit-since-russian-invasion-of-ukraine