Chinese nationals captured fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Zelenskyy says


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A Russian and Chinese national flag flutter near Tiananmen Gate for the visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Beijing, Thursday, May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) KYIV, UKRAINE — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces had captured two Chinese men fighting for Russia in eastern Ukraine, potentially threatening a fragile peace effort in the three-year-old war. Beijing is a close diplomatic ally of Moscow but is not publicly known to have directly aided in the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion, which U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to swiftly end. Writing on X, where he posted a video of...