Zelenskyy urges top defense officials to attend upcoming summit on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine

By DAVID RISING
Associated Press

SINGAPORE (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged a group of top defense officials at Asia’s premier security conference to attend an upcoming summit on ending the Russian war on Ukraine. Zelenskyy on Sunday told the group of more than 500 delegates from about 40 countries that he was “disappointed” some world leaders had not yet confirmed attendance at the conference in Switzerland in about two weeks. He did not specify any country by name, but the possible participation of China, Russia’s most important ally, has been seen as a key issue. Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun spoke earlier in the day at the Shangri-La conference but he did not appear to be in the room when Zelenskyy made his appeal.