German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said NATO countries should be prepared for Russia’s war on Ukraine to last “for a long time.” Speaking alongside the military alliance’s chief Jens Stoltenberg, Scholz said his government is “pushing German manufacturers to expand their capacity to produce and repair military equipment.”

China’s No. 2 official Li Qiang began his first overseas trip since becoming premier. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier told Li in Berlin on Monday that Beijing is in a position to use its influence on Russia for a just peace, according to Steinmeier’s office.

The UN has so far been refused access by Moscow to Russian-occupied areas in Ukraine to deliver humanitarian areas to people affected by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, according to a statement by Denise Brown, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine.

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