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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday night dismissed Russias fortifications along a 900-mile-long front line that military experts say is slowing Ukraines offensive, saying there are no such fortifications or reserves that will stop Ukraine.

We have no lost positions, Zelensky said in his nightly address. Only liberated ones. Ukrainian forces continued to make limited gains in at least four sectors, the Institute for the Study of War think tank said in an analysis. Ukraines deputy defense minister said the situation in eastern Ukraine is difficult, with Russia conducting hot battles in the region.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday during a trip to Beijing that he welcomes China playing a role toward a just and durable peace in Ukraine. He added that he and European leaders received assurances from China that it will not provide lethal assistance to Russia in the invasion.

Heres the latest on the war and its ripple effects across the globe.

Last month, anti-corruption investigators said they caught Vsevolod Knyazyev, chief justice of the countrys Supreme Court, receiving a payment of about $450,000 as part of a $2.7 million bribery scheme. This is huge. This is not an ordinary judge in a local court taking a bribe its the highest judge in the system, said Tetiana Shevchuk, a lawyer with the Anti-Corruption Action Center, an anti-graft watchdog in Kyiv.

Loveday Morris and Emily Rauhala contributed to this report.

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