Ukrainian President Voldy Mieselensky on Tuesday claimed that Ukrainian forces had captured two Chinese men fighting alongside Russian forces in eastern Donetsk region, and had information that there was “a considerable number” in the Russian army, the Associated Press reported.
It was the first time Ukraine made such a claim about Chinese fighters in the soil in the Russian soil in almost three years of invasion.
China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jiang said in Beijing that China “plays a constructive role in politically solving the Ukrainian crisis.”
“The Chinese government is constantly urging Chinese citizens to leave the conflict zone, avoid engaging in any form of armed conflict, and refrain from participating in military operations, particularly those involved,” Lin said in a daily news briefing Wednesday.
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