PRESS REVIEW – Friday, April 11: Papers react to the news that Chinese nationals are being recruited by Russia on social media to fight in Ukraine. In Israel, hundreds of reservists who denounced the war in Gaza have been fired. Next, the world commemorates the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp by US forces. Le Monde tells the incredible story of the "watercolour painter of Buchenwald". Finally, in Austria, humans teach birds how to fly.

The BBC brings us the story that up to 155 Chinese nationals could currently be fighting for Russia against Ukraine. The Kyiv Independent suggests that this demonstrates a systemic recruitment effort. The Guardian reveals the extent of Russia's recruitment efforts by featuring the Russian ads that have been circulating on social media in China. The Economist, meanwhile, calls them soldiers of misfortune and suggests they are either motivated by cash, danger or in some cases, nationalism. The article points out that Chinese mercenaries have been showing up both on the Russian and Ukrainian sides.

In Israel, hundreds of air force reservists who signed a letter asking for an end to the war in Gaza have been fired. The Jerusalem Post quotes the head of the IDF, Eyal Zamir, as saying "no matter how controversial policies might be, reservists are forbidden from taking public position on such issues". But it is not just air force reservists who have voiced their resistance to the war. The Times of Israel reports that more than a hundred ex-navy officers and dozens of doctors have also shown their opposition.

This Friday marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp by American forces. It is commemorated in Germany on Die Welt's front page. The photo they use shows French Buchenwald prisoners and a young boy whose name was on the death list three times but who miraculously survived. Le Monde is also commemorating the anniversary with the incredible story of Paul Simon, "the watercolour painter of Buchenwald". Simon was a young resistance fighter who was arrested and imprisoned at the camp between January 1944 and April 1945. During his time at Buchenwald, he painted a number of watercolour paintings documenting the terrible conditions there. It was only years after Simon passed away that his son discovered the paintings, which are now being published for the first time.

Finally, the website Positive News brings us an unusual story: humans are teaching birds to fly in Austria. The bald ibis used to be extinct in Europe, but they are back in our skies thanks to "foster humans" who fly with the birds using a microlight aircraft. By raising the birds from hatchlings, scientists are able to create a bond with the birds that is strong enough to lure them in the skies. The birds then follow the scientists as they show them how to migrate down to Andalusia in Spain.

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