KYIV: Ukraine has confirmed info that China is supplying a spread of necessary merchandise to Russian navy crops, the chief of Ukrainian international intelligence was quoted on Monday (Could 26) as saying.
“There may be info 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 economic system, has solid even nearer commerce and different financial relations with Russia since Moscow despatched tens of hundreds of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, triggering Western sanctions on the Russian economic 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 navy help for Moscow.
China dismissed the accusation as “groundless” however Kyiv imposed sanctions on three Chinese language entities.
Ivashchenko stated Ukrainian intelligence additionally had info on no less than 5 instances of Russian-Chinese language cooperation within the aviation sector in 2024-2025, together with the availability of kit, spare components and documentation.
He added that there have been six instances of “giant shipments” of speciality chemical compounds, with out offering particulars.
Reuters couldn’t independently affirm the assertions.
