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Selenskyj: have names of 155 Chinese fighters

Ukraine apparently takes two Chinese soldiers. Selenskyj criticizes China. All developments in the news blog.

After the capture of two Chinese fighting on the Russian side in Ukraine, Kiev tightened the allegations against Beijing. It is not an isolated case, emphasized Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj during his evening video message. “We also have information about other Chinese citizens in the Russian army with names and combat names as well as descriptions of the concrete way of how these soldiers got into the Russian crew contingent.” In a press conference shortly before, Selenskyj had given the number of Chinese in the Russian army at least 155.

Kyiv now has all the information about these 155 people, including the pass data, said Selenskyj. Russia advertise these men via social networks, for example Tikkok and Beijing knew about it. The two Chinese prisoners, who would now be questioned in Kiev, will only release Ukraine in exchange for their own prisoners of war, he said at the press conference.

Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Wednesday evening. According to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, drone debris triggered a fire in a district. Rescue workers are in use.

Ukraine sets Chinese fighters in the ranks of the Russian army. China denies that. But research indicates a deep involvement in the conflict. Read more about this here.

The EU has expanded its support from Ukraine in the reconstruction and modernization of its infrastructure. On the sidelines of a meeting of the European-Ukrainian Association Council on Wednesday in Brussels, both agreements signed several agreements with the European Investment Bank (EIB). These concern loans to restoring Ukrainian water supply, district heating and other critical infrastructure.

In addition, an agreement on the participation of Ukraine was signed in several components of the EU world dream program, including the Copernicus earth observation program.

Among other things, the Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Schmyhal and EU foreign representative Kaja Kallas took part in the signing ceremony. A meeting of the two planned for the morning had previously been moved to the afternoon.

Lithua’s Minister of Defense Dovile Sakalien has not been surprised by the capture of two Chinese soldiers who are said to have fought by Ukraine who are said to have fought alongside the Russian army.

“China’s very active participation in the support of Russia – both financially, politically and in other ways – should leave no doubt about China, his goals and the effectiveness of this team of the axis of evil,” said Sakaliene in Vilnius. If the Ukrainian information is confirmed, this would be another “illustrative example” for working between the Kremlin and Beijing.

Russia and Ukraine once again covered each other with drone attacks at night. According to Ukrainian authorities, there were injuries and damage in several regions. According to governor Serhij Lyssak, 15 people were injured in Dnipro, and 15 private houses and several multi-storey residential and business buildings were damaged. Governor Wadym Filaschkin reported five injuries in the Donetsk region. In Charkiw there were two injuries after a massive drone attack, as well as fires and damage to shops and houses.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that they had intercepted 158 Ukrainian drones – the aim of the attacks was several regions in Russia and the annexed Crimea. The Russian governor of the Orenburg region near Kazakhstan reported on an attack on a military airfield. The information cannot be checked independently.

The Russian aviation authority Rosawiazija announced that there were no starts and landings at the various airports for several hours during the night. Such restrictions on air traffic are more common in connection with Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia.