In China, the Russian Federation was angry because of the leakage of Chinese weapons supply, the media
In China, they were dissatisfied with the Kremlin because the discussion of weapons supplies was intercepted and published in the United States, reports The Economist with reference to a representative of an EU representative who is familiar with a question. In the People's Republic of China, they wanted any military support to remain classified, otherwise it would harm the image of a neutral mediator and relations with the United States.
For their part, EU representatives Linda Thomas Grinfield and Josep Borrel warn that the supply of lethal weapons will become a "red trait". According to Borrel, China's representative Van and told him that Beijing would not supply a weapon in the Russian Federation. Van and also stated that China did not supply weapons to the war -fighting countries, although it is a common practice for Beijing.
At the end of February, the German edition of Der Spiegel reported that the Russian forces were negotiating with the Chinese company XI'an Bingo Intelligent Aviation Technology on the purchase of 100 shock drones. The Washington Post, for its part, published information about the negotiations on the purchase of ammunition.
According to Lonnie Henley, the expectorant of the intelligence management of the Pentagon, the volume and quality of inventories of Chinese ammunition is known, but they would be accurately enough to provide the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and prevent the impending ammunition crisis. For the situation on the battlefield of supply from China, it can be of great importance.
China, as the fourth in the world, weapons exporter can incline the scales of Libra in favor of the Russian Federation. 8 weapons of the Celestial Companies include the top 100 world weapons companies, and seven of them - to the top 20, according to the Stockholm International Institute for Peace Problems. China has imported Russian military technologies for years, have been subjected to reverse engineering and tried to copy.
In the period 2017-2021, 81% of defense imports in China left Russia, including engines of new invasions. Now Beijing has the opportunity to become a "relatively equal industrial partner for the Russian defense industry", says Michael Raska from the Singapore School of International Research S. Radzratnam. Instead of sending ready kits, China can help Russia bypass Western sanctions by sending high -tech components for drones, winged missiles and other high -precision weapons.