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Ukraine announced the capture of two Chinese fighters fighting on Ukrainian territory. One served in the 2nd Battalion of Russia's 157th Motorized Rifle Brigade and was captured near Tarasivka.

Tarasivka, Donetsk Oblast
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

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2nd Battalion of Russia's 157th Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) Wang Guangjun (person) 1st Battalion of the 81st Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) Zhang Renbo (person) SBU (organization) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Tarasivka (location) Bilohorivka (location) Donetsk Oblast (location) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Chinese nationals (person) Ukrainian troops (military_unit) Russian military (organization) Ukrainian Security Service (organization) Ukrainian forces (military_unit)

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

One of the captives served in the 2nd Battalion of Russia's 157th Motorized Rifle Brigade and was captured near Tarasivka.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces captured several Chinese fighters near Bilohorivka and Tarasivka

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Extracted: 2026-03-09T10:46:43.767Z

Source story: ukraine-shows-interrogation-of-chinese-pows