The leakage of US documents. China ignores Wagner's requests for weapons transmission, - ft

According to the publication, a private military company appealed to the Asian partner of Moscow to supply ammunition and equipment at the beginning of the year. Beijing does not respond to the request of the Russian private military company Wagner on the transfer of weapons against the background of the invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine. About it reports RBC-Ukraine with reference to Financial Times.

The publication states that information about the Wagner requests to the PRC is contained in the documents of the sepulated US Department of Defense. In particular, it is said that Wagner PEC appealed to Beijing to supply ammunition and equipment in early 2023. According to the journalists, this request shows the confidence of the founder of the company Yevgeny Prigogine that the Celestial will agree to provide military assistance to the Kremlin.

But after the request, Beijing did not send any weapons, even for tests, and had no contacts on weapons supply, "FT quoted the content of the Pentagon's secret documents. We will remind, on April 18 in Moscow there was an official meeting of the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergei Shoiga with his Chinese colleague Lee Shanfe.

Commenting on the event, Chinese military experts noted that according to the results of dialogue, Russia will contribute to the development of strategic weapons and the development of early warning systems about rocket attack. On the same day, Bloomberg reported that the war in Ukraine could in some way arrange the head of the PRC Xi Jinping. According to journalists, China's leader continues to make Putin and does not enter peace talks in order to avoid responsibility for possible failure.