The Chinese Soldiers Captured By Ukraine Denied Being Recruited By China, Saying They Saw TikTok Ads
"I saw some videos on Douyin featuring people in military uniforms holding weapons. They were appealing." the captured soldier said.
Ukraine held a press conference on Monday, April 14, when the two Chinese fighters who it captured fighting for Russia claimed they were recruited into the Russian military through social media ads on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok.
The two Chinese citizens were captured by Ukraine while they were fighting illegally for Russian forces in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine.
"I saw some videos on Douyin featuring people in military uniforms holding weapons. They were appealing," one of the captured soldiers, 33-year-old Wang Guangjun, a former rehabilitation therapist from Henan Province, said.
Ukraine Said It Has Captured Two Chinese Citizens Fighting For Russia In Ukraine And There May Be More
Zelenskyy said that Ukraine has information that there are many more Chinese citizens in the occupier’s units than just these two.
Nira Nyangweso
