Russia is allegedly using social media to recruit Chinese soldiers to fight in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed. Two Chinese nationals fighting for Vladimir Putin ’s Russian army were captured in Ukraine earlier this week. Now Ukraine claims to have passport data for 155 of them fighting within its borders.

There is no proof that the Chinese nationals fighting for Russia in Ukraine are state-supported. It is no surprise, however, that they are there. Chinese fighters on both sides in Ukraine have been posting videos of their exploits on social media throughout the war.

Ukraine has expanded on its claim that significant numbers of Chinese nationals are fighting for Russia’s invading army, saying it had gathered detailed intelligence on more than 150 mercenaries Mosco