Kyiv, Ukraine – The Ukrainian army has captured two Chinese men fighting the Russian army in the Eastern Donetsk region, said Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday.
Ukraine has information that there are « significantly more » Chinese national « fighting next to the Russians more than Three -year warZelenskyy said, adding that he has asked his maximum diplomat « to contact Beijing immediately and find out as China will react to this. «
China has provided strong diplomatic support in Russia Since launching his large -scale invasion of his neighbor, which has been widely criticized in the West. Beijing has also contributed an economic life line through energy trade and consumer goods. However, it is not known that China has provided Russia weapons or military experience, unlike Iran and North Koreawith the latter even Providing troopsAccording to North -Americans, South -Coreans and Ukrainians.
« Chinese citizens who fight as part of the Russian Invasion Army in Ukraine calls into question the declared position of China for peace and harms Beijing’s credibility as a permanent member responsible for the United Nations Security Council, » said Ukraine Foreign Affairs Minister Andriy Sybiga, added that China’s highest diplomat had been called for Kyiv’s diplomat. Ministry.
Russia allows foreigners to enlist in their military, as Ukraine does. The remuneration offered by Moscow makes Russia attractive.
North -Americans are among the many foreigners who have come to Ukraine UNIVER -BOOD TO THE COUNTRY FIGHT To avoid the complete score of Russia, which Putin ordered on February 24, 2022, despite the fact that the United States government warned Americans against traveling to Ukraine.
Russia has done it effectively rejected a US proposal For an immediate and complete stop of 30 days in the fighting, and it is believed that both parties are preparing a spring campaign on the battlefield.
« I see no indication that leads to a ceasefire or even a peace, but I see many directions (for) the continuation of the war, » said Nico Lange, a lead member of the European policy analysis center in Washington, in an analysis Monday.
Zelenskyy said a clash with Chinese soldiers near the villages of Tarasivka and Bilohorivka in the Donetsk region, where six Chinese military staff dedicated to Ukrainian troops. Two Chinese were taken, Zelenskyy said at a press conference in Kiev next to visit Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever.
Zelenskyy said China would be the third country to offer military support to the Kremlin after Iran, which has supplied attack drones and North Korea. The United States and Europe have been the biggest Ukraine sponsors in the war.
Zelenskyy noted that he previously captured The northern soldiers -coreans fought In the Kursk border region of Russia, where the Ukrainian forces captured territory, while the Chinese were trapped in the Ukrainian soil.
In the meantime, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that officials of the Russian Foreign Ministry will take part in conversations with the United States in Istanbul scheduled for Thursday.
He did not elaborate on what the talks would be, but the participation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs suggests that it is another round of conversations about the standardization of the operations of his embassies and the increase in the number of staff after expelling diplomats from others.
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