Two Chinese Soldiers Fighting For Russia Captured By Ukraine

The immediate question is whether the captured Chinese were 'volunteers' who were 'encouraged' to enlist in the Russian army or whether, like the now decimated North Koreans who preceded them, they are Chinese soldiers who have been sent by their government to fight in Ukraine, which would be a massive escalation by the Chinese and would open them to further sanctions and penalties from civilized western countries, including the US. JL

Tim Zadorozhnyy reports in the Kyiv Independent:

Ukrainian troops have captured two Chinese nationals who were fighting in the ranks of the Russian military against Ukraine. the captured Chinese citizens are being held by Ukraine's Security Service. "We have the documents of these prisoners, bank cards, personal data. And we have information that there are much more than two such Chinese citizens in the occupier's units." 

Ukrainian troops have captured two Chinese nationals who were fighting in the ranks of the Russian military against Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 8.

"We have information that there are much more than two such Chinese citizens in the occupier's units," Zelensky said. "We have the documents of these prisoners, bank cards, personal data."

Zelensky instructed Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha to contact Beijing immediately to determine how China would respond.

 

The president said Russia's recruitment of Chinese nationals — whether direct or indirect — is further evidence that Vladimir Putin is seeking to prolong the war, not end it.

"We definitely need a reaction to this. A reaction from the United States, Europe and everyone in the world who wants peace," he added.

According to Zelensky, the captured Chinese citizens are being held by Ukraine's Security Service.