Ukrainian President Wolodmeir Zelannsky said on Tuesday that the Ukrainian army has arrested two Chinese men for whom they are fighting Russia In the east UkraineIn a three -year war, a potentially delicate effort of peace is threatened.
Beijing is a close diplomatic ally of Moscow, but it is not publicly known that he has directly helped the Kremlin attack on a full -scale attack, which US President Donald Trump is trying to end fast.
Writing on X, where he posted a video of one of the alleged people, Zillsky said that Kiev has “suggested according to information that there are many more Chinese citizens”. He did not say whether Ukraine believes that men are following Beijing's orders.
“Directly or indirectly in this war in Europe in Europe, Russia's involvement in China is a clear indication that Putin plans to do anything other than the end of the war,” he wrote, citing Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to Reuters' request to comment on what would be the first publicly announced case of Chinese citizens coming to Russia in Ukraine. Reuters could not independently confirm these claims.
Writing on social media, Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council member, Andrey Kolinco, called on the occupied fighters but did not provide any other details.
Russia has used Iranian drones as well as North Korean missiles and artillery shells since the February 2022 attack.
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Kiev also said that Pyongyang's troops were deployed to fight Ukrainian forces in some parts of Russia's western region, where Ukraine was hit by electricity last summer.
“But there is a difference: North Koreans were fighting against us on the front,” Zilnsky said in a joint briefing in Kiev in Kiev on Tuesday with Belgian Prime Minister Bart DV. “Chinese are fighting the Ukrainian territory.”
Russia has not yet publicly commented on Zilnski's claim about Chinese fighters, nor has it clearly confirmed the use of North Korean troops in the region.
US Department of State spokesman Temy Bruce said reports of Chinese citizens occupying Ukraine were disturbing, but did not say whether Washington had confirmed the claim.
Bruce told reporters that China's supply of dual -use goods to Russia is a major official of Russian war efforts, Bruce told reporters, adding that cooperation between Moscow and Beijing is aided by global instability.
Bruce announced that the US and Russian delegations would meet for the second time in Istanbul on April 10 to discuss “fully” to strengthen bilateral embassy operations, but that Ukraine “is not on the agenda at all.”
He added, “This dialogue is fully focused on our embassy operations, not to normalize bilateral relations as a whole, which can be just as, as we have noted, once there is peace between Russia and Ukraine.”
Zillsky, who said these men were taking documents, confirming their identity, told reporters that they hoped that the United States would be forced to take a strong stand on Russia during the peace process to end their arrest.
US and Russian officials have engaged in bilateral talks in recent weeks, which have been criticized by Ukraine, which is suspected of the Trump administration's agreement on the Kremlin.
“I think America needs more attention to what is happening today,” said Zilnski. He added that the Ukrainian forces have engaged a total of six Chinese fighters.
“We really hope that after this situation, the US will talk more with Ukraine and then with the Russians.”
In a separate statement, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sabah said that Kiev had summoned China's in -charge D -Efarers in Ukraine to “condemn this fact and demand clarification.”
China, which announced a strategic partnership with Russia a few days before the Moscow invasion, said it was ready to play a role in resolving the war in Ukraine.