China supplies special chemicals, gunpowder, and machine tools to 20 Russian military plants, said Oleg Ivashchenko, head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, in an interview with Ukrinform.
"There is information that China supplies machine tools, special chemicals, gunpowder, and components specifically to military enterprises. We have confirmed data on 20 Russian factories," he said.
Oleg Ivashchenko also noted that in 2024-2025, at least five facts of aviation cooperation with China were recorded. According to the head of the SZRU, this concerns equipment, spare parts and documentation. In six cases, large supplies of special chemicals took place.
The head of the Foreign Intelligence Service added that by the beginning of 2025, 80% of critical electronics for Russian drones will be of Chinese origin. There are substitutions, deception in names, and there are shell companies through which everything necessary for the production of microelectronics is sent from China to Russia.
By the way, earlier the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine published technical details of the new Russian S8000 Banderol cruise missile on the War&Sanctions portal.
According to GUR, the missile used foreign components, in particular, probably of Chinese origin.