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Russia’s arms industry and its export capabilities have long been, as Russian President Vladimir Putin put it, a point of national pride. Even after launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia claims to be able to meet growing domestic demand and continue arms exports. State-sponsored propaganda promotes the prowess of Russia’s military-industrial complex to reassure both domestic and international audiences of Russia’s ability to not only sustain its war effort in Ukraine but also further leverage its arms sales forgeopolitical influence. These statements are seeming...
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China's six-point plan for peace in Ukraine has the support of more than 110 countries, a Beijing official said on Aug. 2. China officially declares itself a neutral party to Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine and has denied providing lethal aid to both sides, but Beijing and Moscow continue to develop closer ties, most recently with Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting his counterpart Xi Jinping in May. Beijing has been trying to enlist developing nations to join its six-point peace plan, which China and Brazil laid out in May. The six-point plan calls for: Non-escalation or provocations...
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China adjusted its export controls on military drones amid growing criticism from the U.S. and its allies over support for Russia's war efforts in Ukraine. On July 31, a range of agencies, including the Central Military Commission, added drones with high-precision measurement equipment to a blacklist, Bloomberg reports. The updated list, initially published last year, will take effect on Sept. 1. President Xi Jinping's government issued the directive days after Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba visited China for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. On July 24, Kuleba sai...
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Top intelligence officials revealed on July 29 that the Kremlin is using unsuspecting Americans and commercial public relations firms in Russia to spread disinformation about the U.S. presidential race. The warning follows a turbulent period in U.S. politics, prompting Russia, Iran, and China to adjust their propaganda strategies. Despite these changes, intelligence officials emphasize that these nations remain committed to flooding the internet with false and inflammatory claims about American democracy to erode confidence in the election. "The American public should be aware that content the...
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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on July 27 that Beijing denies allegations of helping Russia's war effort in Ukraine. During their meeting in Laos, Wang Yi also emphasized that China would take "forceful measures" to protect its interests, according to a statement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The two diplomats met on the sidelines of a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). China's already robust economic, diplomatic, and military ties with Russia have grown stronger since Russia's all-out war with Ukraine that began in F...
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The Kremlin on July 24 said Kyiv's recent comments on possible peace talks "can be said to be in unison with our position" even though more details are needed, while Ukraine made clear it remains skeptical of Russia's ability to "act in good faith." Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is in China where the topic of how to end Russia's full-scale war has been top of the agenda. "Kuleba restated .. that (Kyiv) is ready to engage the Russian side in the negotiation process at a certain stage, when Russia is ready to negotiate in good faith, but emphasized that no such readiness is currently ...
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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba landed in China on July 23 and said it was "very important" the two countries have "direct" talks about how to end Russia's full-scale invasion. "It is very important that Kyiv and Beijing engage in direct dialogue and an exchange of positions," he said in a post on Instagram. During the visit, Kyiv's chief diplomat and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi will discuss Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine, China's role in achieving just and stable peace, and Ukrainian-Chinese relations, Kyiv's Foreign Ministry said on July 22. It is Kuleba's first trip to Ch...
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Supplies of semiconductors and other dual-use goods shipped through China and Hong Kong to Russia have fallen by a fifth in 2024, even though both remain key transshipment hubs, Reuters reported on July 22, citing data from the U.S. Commerce Department. China has positioned itself as neutral in the ongoing war but has deepened economic ties with Russia and become Moscow's leading source of dual-use goods, feeding the Russian defense industry. Various countries, including the U.S. and the U.K., have accused China of continuously aiding Russia's war machine in Ukraine. Deliveries of Common High ...
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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit China on July 23 for a three-day visit, marking his first trip to the country since the outbreak of the full-scale war, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announced on July 22. During the visit, Kyiv's chief diplomat and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi will discuss Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine, China's role in achieving just and stable peace, and Ukrainian-Chinese relations, the ministry noted. Kuleba and Wang previously met in February at the Munich Security Conference in Germany. China has positioned itself as neutral in the Russia-Ukra...
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A bipartisan congressional committee urged the White House on July 15 to reveal whether Russia is sharing insights on U.S. weapons used on the front lines in Ukraine with China, Reuters reported. Lawmakers on the House of Representative's select committee on China delivered a letter to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan questioning whether Moscow had shared any "lessons-learned" with Beijing, insisting that any information Russia has gained on the battlefield in Ukraine would be "likely to proliferate" to China, according to the letter seen by Reuters. Although China officially maintains ...
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