A letter sent to the State Department asks for responses on the extent to which Chinese mercens are fighting for Ukraine’s Russia.
A parliamentary committee is investigating reports that more than 100 Chinese citizens are serving as mercenaries for the Russian military in Ukraine.
The Select Committee on the Communist Party of China (CCP) has requested information from the State Department regarding the Ukrainian government’s claim that Ukrainian citizens are fighting for Russia in the occupied Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
Zelensky’s comments are the first time the Ukrainian government has made such a claim about Chinese fighter jets, but it is believed that Russia has deployed around 10,000 North Korean troops to the forefront as it struggles to fill the battlefield losses.
The CCP refused to send anyone to fight for Russia.
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The selection committee sent a letter to the State Department requesting a confidential briefing on the truthfulness of the report and a compilation of the diplomatic contacts with China that the department had regarding the reports and policies being considered by the Trump administration.
According to a copy of the Select Committee letter shared with the Epoch Times, it is unlikely that such a large number of Chinese citizens are fighting for Russia, at least without implicit approval from the CCP.
“The reported presence of PRC mercensaries in Ukraine is merely the latest evidence of Beijing’s widespread support for Russian war efforts,” the letter reads using the acronym for the official name of Communist China, the People’s Republic of China.
“Given the widespread control of the Chinese Communist Party in Chinese society, it is clear that the Russian recruitment campaign could not have existed at least without the implicit approval of the party.”
Therefore, the Select Committee letter noted that the Intelligence Report Community’s latest annual threat assessment has found that the CCP is providing economic and security assistance to Russian wars in Ukraine by supporting the Russian defense industry sector and providing dual use technology that includes components used in weapons systems.
Beijing and Moscow have grown closer since Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The Select Committee letter frames the potential involvement of Chinese mercensors in the Russian army as further evidence that the two powers are aligned to undermine the US and its allies by necessary means.
“In addition to the broader support of the PRC for Russian war efforts, recent reports on Chinese mercensaries fighting in Ukraine highlight the deep alignment between Beijing and Moscow dictatorships, including encouragement of the expansionist purpose of each other’s support and encouragement.”
The State Department did not return a request for comment by publication time.
