Reuben Johnson
Russian Artillery. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Key Points and Summary – A new report reveals China is “materially helping” Russia’s war in Ukraine by massively increasing exports of critical drone components.
-While Beijing claims neutrality by reducing exports of fully-assembled drones, a surge in shipments of fiber-optic cables and lithium-ion batteries to Russia tells a different story.
Lancet Drone. Image Credit: Russian State Media.
Lancet Drone from Russia. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
-This flood of components has allowed Moscow to dramatically scale up its domestic production of jamming-resistant drones.
-As a result, Russia is now overwhelming Ukrainian defenses and logistics behind the front lines, seizing the advantage in the crucial drone war and costing “uncountable” Ukrainian lives.
China is Supplying the Drone Tech Russia Uses to Kill Ukrainians
After proving that it was achieving technological superiority in drone warfare, Ukraine began losing the edge against the Russian military. It did not happen because Ukraine suddenly slowed down its industrial effort or because Russian industry achieved some game-changing breakthrough.
It occurred due to an overnight surge in support from Russia’s long-time allies in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
“China has materially helped Russia gain a key battlefield advantage in its grinding war against Ukraine, dramatically increasing exports over the summer of key components needed to make the fiber-optic drones that have enabled Moscow to overwhelm Ukrainian defenses on the front lines,” reads a report today in the Washington Post.
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