KYIV: Ukraine has confirmed data that China is supplying a spread of vital merchandise to Russian army vegetation, the chief of Ukrainian international intelligence was quoted on Monday (Could 26) as saying.
“There’s data that China provides tooling machines, particular chemical merchandise, gunpowder, and elements particularly to defence manufacturing industries,” Oleh Ivashchenko informed Ukrinform state information company.
“We have now confirmed knowledge on 20 Russian factories,” he stated.
Reuters has requested a remark from the Chinese language international ministry.
China, the world’s second-largest financial system, has cast even nearer commerce and different financial relations with Russia since Moscow despatched tens of 1000’s of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, triggering Western sanctions on the Russian financial system.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated final month that China was supplying weapons and gunpowder to Russia, the primary time he had brazenly accused Beijing of direct military assistance for Moscow.
China dismissed the accusation as “groundless” however Kyiv imposed sanctions on three Chinese language entities.
Ivashchenko stated Ukrainian intelligence additionally had data on not less than 5 circumstances of Russian-Chinese language cooperation within the aviation sector in 2024-2025, together with the provision of kit, spare components and documentation.
He added that there have been six circumstances of “giant shipments” of speciality chemical compounds, with out offering particulars.
Reuters couldn’t independently affirm the assertions.
