‘Do you want to show strength here?’: Russia’s ads recruiting Chinese mercenaries
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Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:40:39 +0300

More than 150 Chinese nationals are fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, recruited via videos on social mediaThe videos are across Chinese social media.
Some are slickly produced Russian propaganda about being tough men some sound more like influencer advertisements for a working holiday.
Others are cobbledtogether screenshots by regular citizens about to leave China.
But they all have one thing in common selling the benefits of becoming a Chinese mercenary for Russia.On Tuesday, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, announced that two Chinese nationals had been captured in the eastern Donetsk region and accused Moscow of trying to involve China directly or indirectly in the conflict.
A day later, he said the men were among at least 155 other Chinese members of Russias armed forces.
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