President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Ukrainian troops in northeastern Ukraine were fighting foreign "mercenaries" from various countries including China, Pakistan and parts of Africa, and vowed a response.

The Kremlin's army has suffered horrific casualties in just under three-and-a-half years of brutal fighting and is desperately searching for new recruits.

Russia war which has been ongoing for more than three years now, is seeing new twists and turns. Is Russia is taking help from China now? Will it change the dynamics of the war.