Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that two Chinese nationals fighting for the Russian army have been captured in eastern Ukraine.
On Tuesday, Zelensky revealed that Ukrainian forces in the Donetsk region had seized the Chinese nationals' documents, bank cards, and personal information.
"We have information that there are many more Chinese citizens in the occupier's units than just these two. We are currently investigating the full extent," Zelensky said in a post on Telegram. "I have instructed Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs to immediately reach out to Beijing to determine China's response to this situation."
“Russia라이브 바카라 involvement of China in this war in Europe, directly or indirectly, is a clear signal that Putin is going to do anything except end the war. He is looking for ways to continue fighting,” Zelensky added.
It is unclear if the Chinese nationals that Ukraine says it captured are Chinese soldiers or volunteers. The Ukrainian president also called on its allies in the United States and Europe to protest.
Ukraine라이브 바카라 Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Tuesday that Kyiv has summoned Beijing라이브 바카라 chargé d’affaires in Ukraine “to condemn this fact and demand an explanation.”
China has helped Russia ramp up its defense industrial base as it continues its war against Ukraine, senior Biden administration officials told CNN.
The support China has provided includes significant quantities of machine tools, drone and turbojet engines and technology for cruise missiles, microelectronics, and nitrocellulose, which Russia uses to make propellant for weapons, the officials said in April 2024.
Meanwhile, Russia has also considerably strengthened its military relationship with North Korea over the last year, with the two signing a mutual defense agreement and Pyongyang sending its troops to fight for Moscow in its invasion of Ukraine.
In January 2025, Ukrainian forces operating in the Kursk region of Russia captured two North Korean soldiers.
