Deliveries increased by 90%: China exports details for drones to Russia and Ukraine

To spread: the number of lithium-ion batteries exported from China to the Russian Federation increased by about 90%. These include batteries for smartphones and cars that can be used for drones in the Russian Federation. China, most likely, exports spare parts for drones not only to Russia but also to Ukraine. This is evidenced by customs data, writes Nikkei Asia. According to these data, from January to July 2025, China exported 2.

6 billion lithium-ion batteries worldwide, which is 20% more than 2024. And the number of lithium-ion batteries exported from China to the Russian Federation increased by about 90%. These include batteries for smartphones and cars that can be used for drones in the Russian Federation. Batter manufacturers say that they are exported not only to Russia, but also to Ukraine and several such deliveries in the last year has doubled. Gyroscopic sensors for drones can also sway the growth of sales volumes.

Nikkei Asia writes that in China, the authorities have introduced export control over double -use technologies, in particular, restrictions on the drones already collected were strengthened, but in the meantime there are loopholes in the legislation, through which drones fall abroad.

Manufacturers of spare parts, which can be used in drones, confess that they provide on papers their products as such that should be used for civilian purposes, and sometimes indicate in the documents that the goods are intended for use for the purpose, different from the production of drones. Meanwhile, China still denies that it supplies components to weapons to the Russian Federation. It should be reminded that in the Astrakhan region of Russia the seaport "Olga" was attacked.