Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia on Thursday of working systematically in China to recruit fighters for its war in Ukraine, days after announcing Ukrainian forces had captured two Chinese men fighting for Moscow.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of systematically recruiting soldiers from China, warning that such efforts were expanding and prolonging the war. Ukraine said this week it had captured two Chinese citizens on the battlefield and identified more than 150 others fighting for Russia,

Russia and the United States are set to hold talks in Turkey on Thursday on normalising the work of their diplomatic missions after the war in Ukraine triggered the biggest confrontation between Moscow and the West since the depths of the Cold War.

A second round of talks between Russia and the U.S. was "constructive," the U.S. State Department said after delegations from both sides concluded discussions in Istanbul lasting nearly six hours. The Russian delegation was headed by Aleksandr Darchiyev,

A new round of talks between the US and Russia will take place in Istanbul on 10 April, with the parties focusing exclusively on the normalisation of their embassy operations. Source: European Pravda with reference to a briefing by US Department of State spokesperson Tammy Bruce Quote from Bruce: "These talks are solely focused on our embassy operations,