The content creator who went by the online alias "Pavel Korchatie" and had close to 400,000 followers on the short video app Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, would share his "firsthand" experience of the war, the South China Morning Post reported.
His videos would typically start with a greeting to viewers in Mandarin - "Hello, friends from China" - followed by his personal stories from the war, which inspired many social media users to cheer on the Russian troops, SCMP reported.
In one video, he was seen standing in front of a purported power plant, claiming to have captured Ukrainian prisoners, the newspaper added.
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