Volodymyr Zelensky

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit Tuesday to Kiev, stealing some of the global attention from Asian rival President Xi Jinping of China, who is in Moscow to show support for Russia against the West over the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began a surprise visit to Ukraine early Tuesday, hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping arriving in neighboring Russia for a three-day visit. The dueling summits come as the longtime rivals are on diplomatic offensives.

Kishida will meet President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Ukrainian capital.

Day 384 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Moldova's foreign ministry condemned as a war crime the execution of a Ukrainian soldier of Moldovan origin, Alexandr Matievschi, by Russian forces - and the filming of his killing.

"The Academy Award is pragmatically useful. Now the film will be watched by at least another 20 million people.

This means that viewers will be exposed to the facts that we present in this film - Russia has a program to kill and eliminate its own citizens, anyone who has the courage to go against the authorities or run for president."

Day 382 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Day 381 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

This information was reported by the German newspaper "Spiegel".

"There are many indications that the West does not want to accept reality, they want to escalate the situation, they want to send more and more weapons. Now the decision has been made to send tanks, which, of course, will not change the situation on the battlefield. Then, some talk about the possibility of delivering planes to Kyiv.

Day 380 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours: