"China has an influence on Russia, like the European Union has an influence on Ukraine," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

EXCLUSIVE: Father Patrick Desbois said Putin's war "is undergirded by the lie that Ukrainians are Russian", and that the theft of Ukrainian children "is a key Russian objective".

Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to move toward a peace settlement for Ukraine but Moscow's main objective is to achieve its goals, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state television in a clip published on Sunday.

EU leaders have asked China to put pressure on Russia to end the war in Ukraine as stunning new evidence of Beijing's cooperation with Moscow has emerged

On Monday, Trump said that Russia's failure to reach a negotiated settlement with Ukraine within 50 days would lead to his administration imposing a 100% tariff rate on Russian imports as well as what he called "secondary tariffs" on countries that have continued to do business with Moscow.