Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia on Thursday of working systematically in China to recruit soldiers to fight in the war in Ukraine days after announcing that the Ukrainian forces captured two Chinese combatants fighting for Moscow.
China warned Ukraine on Thursday against making “irresponsible” comments after Zelensky claiming that Ukrainian intelligence had revealed that at least 155 Chinese citizens were fighting for Russia.
“It is very clear that these are not isolated cases, but systematic efforts of Russia, particularly in the territory and within the jurisdiction of China, to recruit citizens of that country for war,” Zelensky wrote on social network, referring to men captured.
We Continue to Investigate All the Circumstances surroundinging the envolvement of Chinese citizens in the Russian Occupation Forces.
The Security Service of Ukraine is Carrying Out the Necessary Procedural Acts with the Pows Recently Captured in the Donetsk Region. At the same … pic.twitter.com/bellin1qut
– Volodymyr Zelensky / володимир зеленсььий (@zelenskyua) April 10, 2025
The Ukrainian leader posted images of an interrogation with one of them, which Reuters could not verify independently.
“Everything necessary should be done to ensure that Russia has no similar opportunities to prolong and expand the war,” Zelensky added.
The First Two Captured Chinese Citizens. Today, Investigators from the Security Service of Ukraine Spoke with them. We are Working to Estabish All the Facts Regarding the Enterment of These and Other Chinese Citizens Being Part of the Russian Occupation Army. Ukrainian… pic.twitter.com/pkbpbji2qm
– Volodymyr Zelensky / володимир зеленсььий (@zelenskyua) April 9, 2025
Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied the claim and described Beijing as “a balanced position.”
China, which has declared a “boundless” partnership with Russia, tries to position itself as an actor in attempts to negotiate the end of the war.
It is not known if she directly helped in the large -scale invasion of Moscow in Ukraine in 2022, but refrained from criticizing the Kremlin.
This content was originally published in Zelensky accuses Russia of recruiting “systematically” Chinese soldiers on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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