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China’s foreign minister told his US counterpart that Beijing denies charges that it is helping Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. Wang Yi met with Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, on Saturday on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. Blinken discussed China’s support for Russia’s defence industrial base and warned of further US actions if China does not curtail that, according to a senior US state department official. “There was no commitment by the Chinese to take action,” the official told Reuters.

Russia’s defence ministry said its forces had taken control of the settlement of Lozuvatske in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, Interfax news agency reported, as the Russians advanced towards the city of Pokrovsk. Ukraine’s general staff made no mention of the settlement in its reports, but noted that the area around it was gripped by heavy fighting. Unofficial military bloggers have reported the loss of at least two other localities in the sector. Russian forces have been slowly advancing through the Donetsk region in Ukraine’s east.