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and allies for what is going on in ukraine. prior to the invasion, us diplomats had asked their chinese counterparts to intervene with russia but that request was refused. the uk ministry of defence has given an update on the conflict in ukraine. it says russian forces have made minimal progress this week that ukrainian forces continue to frustrate russian attempts to encircle the capital kyiv and mykolaiv, near the black sea and that a number of cities including kharkiv and mariupol are encircled and being hit by heavy shelling it adds the un has said the number of refugees fleeing ukraine has passed 3.2 million. ukraine has consistently been asking nato for more air defence assistance