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Beijing rejects Ukraine’s claim significant numbers of Chinese troops are fighting alongside Russia
AP ^ | April 9, 2025

Posted on 04/09/2025 4:34:42 AM PDT by McGruff

Ukraine’s claim that significant numbers of Chinese nationals are fighting alongside Russia’s invading army is “totally unfounded,” a Beijing official said Wednesday.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Tuesday that the Ukrainian military had captured two Chinese men fighting alongside the Russian army in the eastern Donetsk region and had information that “significantly more” are with Russian forces.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said in Beijing that China has played a “constructive role in politically resolving the Ukraine crisis.”

Lin told a daily news briefing Wednesday that “the Chinese government always asks Chinese citizens to stay away from conflict zones, avoid getting involved in any form of armed conflict, and especially refrain from participating in any party’s military operations.”

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Looks like the Z man got caught lying again.
1 posted on 04/09/2025 4:34:42 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff
On the front, the Chinese sector is in the middle of the North Korean and Houthi sectors.

2 posted on 04/09/2025 4:39:44 AM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: McGruff

The Z Man may be a crook but I’ll believe him over the Butchers of Beijing any day of the week. We already know that North Korea’s fighting there...and it makes perfect sense that China would be too. Remember...Russia,China and Iran are best buddies today. And that alliance has only occurred recently.


3 posted on 04/09/2025 4:43:48 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: McGruff

My guess is sure they have Chinese soldier on the battlefield. This is the next gen war. Of course they want people to learn the live combat conditions in Ukraine.

Is it a significant direct military presence?

Doubt it.


4 posted on 04/09/2025 4:44:37 AM PDT by Bayard
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To: McGruff

The real question is, what is the truth? The article comes from a lie factory, being the AP. The claim of ChiCom’s fighting with the Russians comes from a the propaganda ministry of Ukraine. And the denial comes from the Chinese Communists.

They all have their own motivations to evade the truth.

Personally, I don’t care if there are ChiCom troops there. Just end the damn war.


5 posted on 04/09/2025 4:52:43 AM PDT by redfreedom (Happiness is shopping at Walmart and not hearing Spanish once!)
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To: McGruff
It wouldn’t be the first time that Chinese and Koreans fought together.

I was going to make a joke about Volodymyr Zelenskyy confusing North Koreans with Chinese but I decided to hold my tongue.

6 posted on 04/09/2025 4:59:35 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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To: McGruff

Anyone who believes any statement by communist China is an absolute fool.

China has held the record for being the most blatant liar in the world for the last 75 years.


7 posted on 04/09/2025 5:08:11 AM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: Gay State Conservative
The Z Man may be a crook but I’ll believe him over the Butchers of Beijing any day of the week. We already know that North Korea’s fighting there...and it makes perfect sense that China would be too.

The "proof" of Chinese military fighters is warmed over "proof" of North Korean military fighters which are actually ethnic Asian Russian fighters from Eastern Russia.

The Ukies used the same set of photos in both cases...go figure.

8 posted on 04/09/2025 5:08:44 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: McGruff

There are Chinese “mercenaries” there.


9 posted on 04/09/2025 5:15:22 AM PDT by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinions)
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To: McGruff

I guess this depends on what the definition of “significant” is.


10 posted on 04/09/2025 6:00:20 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: McGruff

Isn’t it strange how Chinese troops suddenly “show up” in Ukraine, just as Trump is pushing up tariffs and trade confrontation with China.

These deep state propaganda whores in the Ukraine regime will never miss an opportunity to sell themselves.


11 posted on 04/09/2025 6:20:03 AM PDT by PGR88
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The burden of proof is on Zelensky to provide evidence that “significant numbers of Chinese nationals are fighting alongside Russia's invading army” not that China proves they aren't.
12 posted on 04/09/2025 7:23:56 AM PDT by McGruff (Biden will go down in history as the worst president ever.)
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To: Thunder90

There are American mercenaries in Ukraine.


13 posted on 04/09/2025 7:25:01 AM PDT by McGruff (Biden will go down in history as the worst president ever.)
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To: McGruff

Who to believe? The Chinese, Zelenskyy, or the AP? Tough one.


14 posted on 04/09/2025 8:22:31 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: McGruff

The greasy little green t-shirted punk is trying to drag China into the war.


15 posted on 04/09/2025 9:21:51 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: Gay State Conservative; Williams; mac_truck; PGR88; McGruff
We already know that North Korea’s fighting there


16 posted on 04/09/2025 9:24:45 AM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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