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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said two Chinese nationals fighting in the Russian army have been taken prisoner in eastern Ukraine.
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Zelenskiy told reporters in Kyiv that Russia was recruiting Chinese citizens via social media and that Chinese officials were aware of that.
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RBC Ukraine on MSNVideo of interrogation of two Chinese prisoners emerged: What did they testifyThe Security Service of Ukraine interrogated Chinese soldiers who were captured in Ukraine. They shared how they ended up in captivity, the video of the interrogation was published by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Telegram.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Ukrainian forces had captured two Chinese men fighting for Russia in eastern Ukraine, potentially threatening a fragile peace effort in the three-year-old war.
Two Chinese citizens were captured fighting for Russia in eastern Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky said. The Ukrainian president claimed his forces had fought with and detained six Chinese soldiers in Donetsk and that there were “many more” in the Russian ranks.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that his forces had captured the two Chinese men, and that Kyiv was seeking information from Beijing. "China is verifying the information with the Ukrainian side," a spokesperson for China's foreign ministry told reporters on Wednesday.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry responded to footage of its captured soldiers in Ukraine. The diplomatic agency assured that China did not send its military personnel to participate in the war against Ukraine.
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Ukraine's president says the military has captured two Chinese men fighting alongside the Russian army in the eastern Donetsk region.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says two Chinese soldiers have been captured while fighting in eastern Ukraine. He said his forces had fought six Chinese soldiers and two of them had been taken prisoner. He added that he had ordered officials to obtain an explanation from Beijing.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Kyiv’s forces have captured two Chinese nationals who were fighting alongside Russian troops. “We have information that there are much more than two such Chinese citizens in the occupier’s units,” Zelenskyy added.
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