Ukraine Russia online: Two Chinese captured Ukrainian soldiers hope to be exchanged

Two Chinese soldiers detained by the Ukrainian army They hope to be replaced, they said during a press conference in Kiev.

The press conference with the prisoners of war was held after the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Greenable accused Moscow of being involved in Beijing into the Russian invasion.

According to his information, several hundred Chinese citizens are fighting on the front line in Ukraine. The Kremlin denied the claims and Beijing warned the fighting parties of « irresponsible statements ».

The Chinese dressed in camouflage were delivered to the press center in Kiev, where they sat surrounded by armed Ukrainian soldiers. It was not possible to determine from their speech whether they were expressing themselves of their own will, AFP said.

In a speech in Chinese, they said they were captured in fighting in the Donetsk region in the east of Ukraine. According to their words, they joined the Russian army after they responded to the relevant ads on the Internet.

« I hope China will replace me with Russia and Ukraine and will bring me back to China, » said one of the men, 26-year-old Zhang female-po.

The second, 33-year-old Wang Kuang-Nün said, « I want to tell my fellow citizens who want to war in Ukraine: Do not go to this war. »

This soldier also accused Russia of deceiving his military power and weakness of Ukraine. « When you really get involved in the war when the moment of fighting comes, you will find that everything is a lie, » he added.

Russia allows foreigners to enlist into its army as well as Ukraine. China presents itself in the Russian War against Ukraine as a neutral party and says that it does not send deadly aid to either party, but is also a close partner of Moscow. (CTK)