Chinese soldier says TikTok videos convinced him to join Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

One of the Chinese soldiers caught fighting for Moscow in Ukraine said he was inspired to join the Russian military after being fed propaganda on TikTok, only to find himself at the frontlines of the Kremlin’s meat grinder. The Shanghai firefighter said he was looking to “earn a bit of money” while on holiday and took a construction job from the state, only to learn that it was located in the active warzone. Instead, the Chinese national found himself deployed to Donetsk, where he spent nearly all of March in the trenches until he and Wang were ordered to the frontlines, where they were subsequently captured.

Author: Ronny Reyes

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