Kyiv, Aug. 22 -- President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine does not need security guarantees from China, which "did not help us stop this war from the very beginning," RT reported.

Speaking to reporters, Zelensky commented on potential security guarantees Kiev could receive from its partners once hostilities with Russia end. He emphasised that he does not want China to be among the guarantors upholding peace.

"First, China did not help us stop this war from the very beginning," Zelensky said, adding that Beijing "did nothing" to prevent the secession of Crimea, which overwhelmingly voted to join Russia in a public referendum in 2014. He went on to accuse China of sitting back when the conflict escalated in 2022.

"That is why we do not ...