Moscow Foreign Legion: As China Citizens fall into the war in Ukraine - the media

Most came to Russia shortly before appealing to the recruitment center and concluded a contract within a day or several days. And the youngest of Chinese contractors was 20 years, and the oldest - 51 years. The peak of the inflow fell in July 2023, when eight China citizens turned to the selection point. Some of them came in pairs. For example, 38-year-old Van Minyan and 43-year-old Daochen arrived in one flight and concluded a contract together.

Some of the volunteers later returned to China-as, for example, a 49-year-old Liushao, who in November 2024 posted a photo from China, where the child goes to a school with a backpack decorated with a Russian tricolor. The publication states that at least one contractor-38-year-old Zhui Zhao-died in the Zaporozhye region in December 2023. Others - such as laziness Pan and Wei Duan - were injured and hospitalized.

At the same time, according to the Russian propaganda channel, the laziness was launched by the St. George's Cross for the salvation of his comrades under Bakhmut, despite the ignorance of the Russian language. Some of the Chinese complained of service conditions. So, 41-year-old Jianwei wrote on social networks about weak equipment, the loss of dozens of fighters and the lack of medical care. He argued that from the beginning of the battle to the death of the contractor could take 8-10 hours.

According to him, the Chinese army is much more cohesive than Russian. "Our Chinese military as brothers, they can even sacrifice life to save you," he said. Another Chinese military, Sun Zhuits, apparently commanded a platoon of Nepalese mercenaries and also criticized the lack of medicine and the indifference of command. In January 2024, he recorded a video that spoke about the lack of proper treatment. "There is no medical help here. Everyone is spit. The pain kills me.