Ukraine intel head brushes aside US claims on China arming Russia

Ukraine’s head of navy intelligence has brushed apart claims that China is contemplating furnishing arms to Russia, telling US media that he noticed no “signs that such things are even being discussed”.

Senior US officers have stated as not too long ago as Sunday that they have been “confident” China was contemplating offering deadly tools to Moscow, with a diplomatic stress marketing campaign underway to discourage it from doing so.

But when requested in regards to the chance in a prolonged interview with Voice of America printed on Monday, Ukrainian navy intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov stated: “I do not share this opinion.”

“As of now, I do not think that China will agree to the transfer of weapons to Russia,” he stated. “I do not see any signs that such things are even being discussed.”

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US issues

Earlier this month, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken aired Washington’s issues about potential arms shipments in a tense assembly together with his Chinese counterpart and the director of the CIA stated in an interview on Sunday that he believed Beijing was nonetheless weighing the chance.

Meanwhile, media experiences in a number of American retailers have cited unidentified US officers as saying China was deciding whether or not to offer drones and sure munitions to Russia.

Asked particularly in regards to the US evaluation, Budanov stated: “I am the head of intelligence and I rely, with all due respect, not on the opinions of individual people, but only on facts. I do not see such facts.”

As to the place Russia may nonetheless procure arms, Budanov stated that aside from unconfirmed experiences of shipments from North Korea, “almost the only country that actually transfers more or less serious weapons is Iran”.

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Source: TRTWorld and companies