According to the head of Kyiv’s foreign intelligence service, Ukraine has information that confirms China is providing arms to Russia.
Oleh Ivashenko claimed in an interview with the Ukrinform news agency on Monday that Ukraine can “confirm” that China is providing important materials and equipment to 20 Russian military factories.
Beijing has frequently refuted accusations made by Kyiv that it supports Moscow’s neighbor’s conflict.
Ukraine accused China of providing direct military support to Russia’s arms industry last month. According to Ivashchenko, the intelligence service of the nation can now confirm those reports.
According to him, “There is information that China supplies tooling machines, special chemical products, gunpowder, and components specifically to the defense manufacturing industries.” “We have confirmed information about 20 Russian factories.”
‘Groundless’
China has increased trade and economic cooperation with Russia since its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, despite its attempts to portray it as neutral and rejecting any involvement in the conflict. In addition, Russia has been subject to severe sanctions by Western nations.
Ukraine has frequently suggested that China is funding the conflict and that Beijing has sent soldiers to fight alongside Russian forces.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, made his first public allegation last month that China is providing weapons and materials to Russian arms companies, while also denying that Chinese citizens are involved in the development of drones.
China rejected the claim, but Kyiv has since imposed sanctions on three Chinese companies.
Ivashchenko claimed that Ukrainian intelligence had information on at least five instances of Russian-Chinese cooperation in the aviation sector between 2024 and 2025, including technical documentation and equipment transfer.
He went on to say that there were six instances of “large shipments” of specialty chemicals, but he wouldn’t go into further detail.
Ivashchenko added that “80% of the crucial electronic components found in Russian drones were made in China as of early 2025.”
There are also facts about substitute products and false product names, as well as shell companies that supply everything needed for microelectronics production.
Russia’s Air Force reported an unprecedented number of drone strikes against Ukraine on Sunday night, according to the comments made by the Ukrainian Air Force.
The Air Force claimed to be able to down 266 drones and 45 missiles despite the report’s claim that Russian forces had deployed 298 drones and 69 missiles.
Source: Aljazeera
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