Zelenskyy: China urged Putin not to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine

KYIV — China warned Russia against using nuclear weapons in response to Ukrainian strikes on its territory, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters Thursday. “I think you heard such voices in Russian media: 'What if we respond to Ukrainian strikes with nuclear weapons?' And it seems to me that this was the first time China ... directly responded in an ultimatum-like form — that there can be no thought whatsoever of using nuclear weapons,” Zelenskyy said. The Ukrainian president said he learned of Beijing's intervention from European leaders at the NATO summit in Ankara, where they talked over "China's role in ending the war [in Ukraine]." Zelenskyy added that he also discussed the topic with U.S. President Donald Trump, but he would prefer to keep the contents of that conversation private.