Several hundred Russian soldiers participated in Chinese People’s Liberation Army training programs at the end of 2025, before being sent to Ukraine.
A European Union official confirmed on Friday June 12 that China had trained hundreds of Russian soldiers, particularly in the use of drones, before some fought in Ukraine. “The training of Russian soldiers by the Chinese was confirmed by our services”he declared, on condition of anonymity, confirming press information. He spoke of training in several places in China, in which “hundreds” Russian soldiers, including “some” were then sent to Ukraine.
According to the German newspaper The worldwhich does not identify the European intelligence services at the origin of these revelations, several hundred Russian soldiers participated at the end of 2025, on six different military sites in China, in training programs for the People’s Liberation Army. These focused on “the use of unmanned systems, electronic countermeasures against drones as well as modern combat simulations”continues the newspaper.
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The participants were of different ranks and from different generations. Some were members of Rubicon, an elite Russian unit specializing in drones. At the end of the training, dozens of them participated in combat in Ukraine at the beginning of 2026, including some in command posts, according to The world.
