Russian troops at the front are now "China Volunteers"? No, what the hell is going on?

-The online video is not "China Volunteers appear in the Russian army", but a video made by Russian blogger Alexei Nikolaevich and China players during the Arpini Challenge in Moscow recently. The original video has been clarified and deleted due to misunderstanding by netizens. Recently, a video circulated on Twitter is said to be "China Volunteers sent by Wagner". In the video, in addition to the Russian-speaking photographer, three Asians greeted the camera, one of whom wore an armband printed with the national flag of China. A Russian Twitter user wrote, "Allied forces found China volunteers in Donbass." ALPINI CHALLENGE forwarded the information of Russian telegraph channel Rybar on1October 03 1 13, and clarified the rumor that the live webcast video was a volunteer in China.

Russian troops at the front are now "China Volunteers"? What is fake? Come and have a look with me.

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-The online video is not "China Volunteers appear in the Russian army", but a video made by Russian blogger Alexei Nikolaevich and China players during the Arpini Challenge in Moscow recently. The original video has been clarified and deleted due to misunderstanding by netizens.

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Recently, a video circulated on Twitter is said to be "China Volunteers sent by Wagner". In the video, in addition to the Russian-speaking photographer, three Asians greeted the camera, one of whom wore an armband printed with the national flag of China.

Further search in Russian can find another video of the same role. A Russian Twitter user wrote, "Allied forces found China volunteers in Donbass." In the new video, the man on the right communicates with his partner in Chinese, saying "I don't know how to say this", and then shows the video shooter a vibrato video.

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Four people in the video were searched by using the face recognition tool Pimeyes. Because the faces of three Asians were covered by glasses, the search results were not accurate enough. But combining face recognition with Google Image Search, we can find that the photographer in the video is Alexei Nikolaevich, a former Russian journalist, who is currently a video blogger and hosts the modern weapons science program "Large-caliber Unrest" on YouTube channel (крупнокар). As of press time, the program has 1, 2 1, 000 subscribers, and Alexei nikolayevich has established the "Angel Humanitarian Group" charity foundation to provide humanitarian assistance to people in the conflict area of Donbass through the income of the program.

Screenshot of Alexei nikolayevich's YouTube channel

At present, Alexei nikolayevich can't find online video on YouTube or the cable channel, but he released a cable on the evening of 165438+ 10/3, saying, "Friends, regarding the video with the representative of China, they are just our friends and air gun players. Don't get me wrong, they haven't fought on our side yet. "

Screenshot of Alexei nikolayevich's telegraph rumor

On the other hand, the logo of ALPINI CHALLENGE can be seen in the background where the second video flashed. After verification, ALPINI CHALLENGE is an air gun challenge in Russia, and air gun game lovers can choose four people to form a team. This year's challenge was held in Moscow in June 165438+ 10/2. The theme of the competition is "City", * * * is divided into four stages: obstacle course, maze and secret room, and the competition ends in one day.

In the background of the video, the logo of ALPINI Challenge is displayed in the newspaper.

At present, the official account of ALPINI CHALLENGE can only be found on the Russian social platform VKontakte. In the photos of the competition released, many contestants wear armbands of their national flags. ALPINI CHALLENGE forwarded the information of Russian telegraph channel Rybar on1October 03 1 13, and clarified the rumor that the live webcast video was a volunteer in China. According to Rybar, "this is not the case. These are China air gun players who came to Arpini Challenge yesterday. "

ALPINI Challenge Forward VKontakte Platform Rumors Screenshot.

In addition, 202 1 is faintly displayed above the poster background in the online video, which seems to make the shooting time of the video doubtful. Although Alexei nikolayevich has deleted the original video, according to the contents of Tik Tok's online video about the warm-pressed bomb displayed by the man on the right, it can be determined that this Tik Tok was released by the user "Hami Melon Documentary" on June 5438+065438+1October 12, and was made according to the video contents of Alexei nikolayevich. Therefore, from the shooting time, it is basically the same as the ALPINI Challenge.

To sum up, the online video is not "China volunteers appear in Donbass", but a video jointly produced by Russian blogger Alexei Nikolaevich and China players during the ALPINI CHALLENGE air gun challenge held in Moscow recently. The original video has been clarified and deleted due to misunderstanding by netizens.

Russian troops at the front are now "China Volunteers"? Error-related reading:

Russia will set up 85 volunteer camps and send 30,000 "volunteers" to Ukraine.

At present, Russia has set up 85 so-called volunteer camps in eight regions including Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Far East to participate in the war against Ukraine.

At present, Ukraine claims that Russian troops have killed more than 40,000 people. According to the ratio of 1:3, the number of casualties exceeds 1.6 million.

American intelligence agencies believe that Russian troops have killed more than10.5 million people, injured 45 thousand people and suffered more than 60 thousand casualties.

Russia is currently building a volunteer camp to replace front-line troops, and analysts estimate that more than 30,000 so-called "volunteers" can be mobilized to join Russia's special operations.

Last week, Richard Moore, head of MI6, the British secret intelligence agency, told reporters that "in the next few weeks, it will become increasingly difficult for Russians to provide manpower and materials."

It is reported that most people who join the "volunteer camp" come from poorer and more remote areas of the Russian Federation, where people may be tempted by "money".

According to the Washington War Research Institute, "Russia will recruit 85 volunteer camps in all regions (plus occupied Crimea) to avoid announcing general mobilization or partial mobilization in Russia."

Putin has long stated that there will be no general mobilization in Russia.

This kind of conscription has caused a great burden on the budgets of various regions of the Russian Federation, because conscription is funded by them.

What impact these troops can have is an open question. Different regions have different conditions to join the volunteer camp.

It is reported that there will be a month or so to train these soldiers, after which they will all be sent to Ukraine.