Monday at Kiev a press conference with the participation of two Chinese POWswho were captured in the east Ukraine .
The Chinese explained that they signed contracts to participate in the war on the part of Russia and did not contact Chinese state authorities in any way. Both got into war by intermediaries offering to sign contracts for service in the Russian army – the Interfax-Ukraine agency reported.
One of the prisoners said he wanted a occupation as Medic And he was going to treat the wounded. He added that he lost his occupation during the Covid-19 pandemic, so he decided to find a fresh origin of livelihood. He stressed that in China Military service enjoys large respect in society.
War in Ukraine. Chinese prisoners of war have spoken
– The government (in Beijing) warned that Chinese citizens they are warned to travel to places where fighting takes place. I wanted to stay. an orderly. I was injured and gave up," said 1 of the Chinese prisoners, quoted by Ukrainian Truth.
The man added that Russians hide all information from Chinese citizens, including remuneration. It's not worth it. Everything we heard from the Russians was not true," he admitted.
According to the prisoner, in China a friendly attitude towards Russia is promoted, so information about Russia is presented in a distorted way. – utilizing assurance in the Russian Federation, Chinese citizens are drawn into the war. I can call it a trap," stressed the erstwhile soldier.
Chinese in the Russian Army. That's how they got to the front.
Another prisoner, from a reasonably wealthy family, told that he had gone to Russia for tourism purposes. I didn't anticipate to be at war. I didn't know anything about Ukraine said the Chinese, stating that he initially refused to participate in the war.
– Our actions in Ukraine have nothing to do with the (Chinese) government. We did it all on our own, he said. During the press conference, Chinese citizens repeated respective times that they were willing to participate in exchange of prisoners And they asked to return to their homeland.
From the statements of the prisoners, the unit in which the first Chinese served was to be inactive two Chinese nationalsand in the second, in which the second served – 10 Chinese nationals. “They were mostly engaged in hard work,” said the translator, adding that the Russians did not treat them badly.
Volodymyr Zelenski about Chinese prisoners. fresh intelligence information
Recall: On April 8, Ukrainians took prisoner 2 Chinese nationalswho fought side by side Russia in the Donetsk region. A day later, the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski stated that Ukrainian interview has information about at least 155 Chinese soldiers, who fight in Russian armed forces against Ukraine. In his opinion, the Beijing authorities know that Moscow recruits Chinese citizens for war.
Last week, the Ukrainian leader was referred to as “irresponsible” by MFA spokesperson Lin Jian in Beijing. Beijing never publically condemned Moscow for full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In addition, these countries have strengthened their economic, military and political ties over the past 3 years.
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