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Exclusive: United24 Footage Shows Chinese POWs Recruited by Russian Soldiers and Sent to Frontline

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Exclusive: United24 Footage Shows Chinese POWs Recruited by Russian Soldiers and Sent to Frontline
Chinese POWs Zhang Renbo and Wang Guangjun at a press conference in Kyiv on April 14, 2025, under armed guard. (Source: Getty Images)

In an exclusive United24 video, two Chinese prisoners of war describe how Russian soldiers personally recruited them with promises of high salaries and easy duties — only to send them straight to the frontlines in Ukraine.

Captured in Donetsk, they now speak out from Ukrainian custody, warning others not to believe Russian recruiters.

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At a rare press briefing, two Chinese POWs detail how they ended up on the front lines in Ukraine — allegedly without state backing. Isolated, disoriented, and used as cannon fodder by Russian forces, they now speak out. #soldier #prisoner

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