{"id":18145,"date":"2025-04-08T14:41:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ukraines-zelenskyy-says-2-chinese-men-caught-fighting-for-russia\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T14:41:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:41:45","slug":"ukraines-zelenskyy-says-2-chinese-men-caught-fighting-for-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ukraines-zelenskyy-says-2-chinese-men-caught-fighting-for-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine&#8217;s Zelenskyy says 2 Chinese men caught fighting for Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Kyiv, Ukraine<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 The Ukrainian military has captured two Chinese men fighting with the Russian army in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine&#8217;s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has information that there are &#8220;significantly more&#8221; Chinese nationals fighting alongside the Russians in the more than <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/ukraine-in-turmoil\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">three-year war<\/a><\/span>, Zelenskyy said, adding that he has asked his top diplomat &#8220;to immediately contact Beijing and find out how <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/changing-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">China<\/a><\/span> is going to react to this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> China has provided <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/china-russia-summit-putin-xi-jinping-talk-ukraine-us-nato-tension-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">strong diplomatic support for Russia<\/a><\/span> since it launched its full-scale invasion of its neighbor, which was widely criticized in the West. Beijing has also contributed an economic lifeline through the trade in energy and consumer goods. However, China is not known to have provided Russia with weapons or military expertise, unlike <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/nuclear-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Iran<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/north-korea-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">North Korea<\/a><\/span>, with the latter even <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-president-north-korean-soldiers-fighting-russia-captured\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">providing troops<\/a><\/span>, according to American, South Korean and Ukrainian officials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chinese citizens fighting as part of Russia&#8217;s invasion army in Ukraine puts into question China&#8217;s declared stance for peace and undermines Beijing&#8217;s credibility as a responsible permanent member of the U.N. Security Council,&#8221; Ukraine&#8217;s Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said on social media, adding that China&#8217;s top diplomat in Kyiv had been summoned to the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Russia allows foreigners to enlist in its military, as does Ukraine. The pay offered by Moscow makes serving for Russia attractive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>American nationals are among the many foreigners who have come to Ukraine to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/american-fighter-ukraine-war-pure-evil-russia-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">join the country&#8217;s fight<\/a><\/span> to stave off Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion, which Putin ordered on Feb. 24, 2022, despite the U.S. government warning Americans against traveling to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p> Russia has effectively <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-us-russia-ukraine-war-putin-ceasefire-britain-france-nato-marco-rubio\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">rejected a U.S. proposal<\/a><\/span> for an immediate and full 30-day halt in the fighting, and both sides are believed to be readying a spring-summer campaign on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-left embed--size-medium \"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/mcconnell-blasts-trump-administration-handling-russia-ukraine-war\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n              <use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/>\n            <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">McConnell blasts Trump administration&#8217;s handling of Russia-Ukraine war<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">05:35<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I cannot see any indications that would lead to a ceasefire or even a peace, but I see many indications (for) the continuation of the war,&#8221; Nico Lange, a senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis in Washington, said in an analysis Monday.<\/p>\n<p> Zelenskyy said a clash with Chinese soldiers occurred near the villages of Tarasivka and Bilohorivka in the Donetsk region, where six Chinese military personnel engaged Ukrainian troops. Two Chinese were taken prisoner, Zelenskyy said at a news conference in Kyiv alongside visiting Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever.<\/p>\n<p> 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 U.S. and Europe have been Ukraine&#8217;s biggest backers in the war.<\/p>\n<p> Zelenskyy noted that previously captured <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/over-1000-north-korean-casualties-in-russia-ukraine-war-seoul-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">North Korean soldiers were fighting<\/a><\/span> in Russia&#8217;s Kursk border region, where Ukrainian forces captured territory, while the Chinese were caught on Ukrainian soil.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russian Foreign Ministry officials will take part in talks with the U.S. in Istanbul planned for Thursday.<\/p>\n<p> He didn&#8217;t elaborate what the talks would be about, but the foreign ministry&#8217;s involvement suggests it is another round of talks about normalizing their respective embassies&#8217; operations and increasing their staff numbers after years expelling each others&#8217; diplomats.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- 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