US adversaries like China are using Ukraine war as proving ground for future conflicts, Kyiv commander warns

America’s fiercest adversaries are using the Ukraine War as a “proving ground” to train and prepare for future battles against the West, a Ukrainian commander who fought North Koreans in Kursk has warned.“North Koreans are making progress with the information and the experience that they gain here,” said Capt.Oleh Shyriaiev, commander of Ukraine’s 225th Separate Assault Battalion.

“They are learning and they are learning it with a view of adapting this and using this on their own peninsula to train its own army in what they are learning here.”Shyriaiev’s caution comes after as many as 155 Chinese troops were discovered fighting for Russia.Speaking to The Post via phone from the Belgorod region of Russia where Ukraine on Tuesday confirmed they had conducted a new incursion, Shyriaiev urged that the world — and particularly Americans — must pay attention to what other adversaries are doing in Russia’s war.“The only thing that we can predict is that this situation will be getting worse, because we know that North Korea has always had this ambition to try and take over the whole Korean peninsula, so our war is where they learn how to do that,” he said.“This is unfortunate that my country has become a proving ground for war; that this is a ground where war is going on,” he added.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that two Chinese nationals were captured fighting for Russian forces in eastern Ukraine, but as many as six were seen fighting for Moscow with the same unit.By Wednesday, Ukrainian intelligence had discovered as many as 155 Chinese citizens on Moscow’s military roster fighting against Kyiv, Zelensky said.“We are collecting information and we believe that there are more, many more,” Zelensky said, noting that Russia has been running recruitment advertisements on Chinese social networks.“These people arrive to the Russian Federation, to Moscow.Medical examinations last three to four days.

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