Kyiv:
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said Thursday that he had “information” that China was providing weapons to Russia, in the middle of a growing row between kyiv and Beijing on China’s support to Moscow.
Zelensky said last Wednesday that kyiv knew of at least 155 Chinese nationals deployed to help Moscow’s invasion, a day after affirming that the Ukrainian army had captured two Chinese soldiers in the eastern region of Donetsk.
“We have finally received information that China is providing weapons to the Russian Federation,” Zelensky told journalists at a press conference in kyiv.
“We believe that Chinese representatives are dedicated to the production of some weapons in the Russian territory,” he added.
Zelensky did not explain his accusations, saying only that kyiv was “ready” to talk about them in detail.
China has portrayed itself as a neutral party in the three -year war, despite the criticisms of Western governments that their narrow links with Russia have provided Moscow with crucial economic and diplomatic support.
Beijing backed into the claims of Ukraine last week, asking all parties in the conflict to refrain from “irresponsible comments.”
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