Bingo would have been willing to produce at first 100 drones of the ZT-180 typetest them and deliver them in April to the Russian Defense Ministry.
This model is similar to that of the Shahed 136 made in Iranaccording to military experts consulted by the magazine, and it can carry an explosive charge of 35 to 50 kilograms.
In a second stageBingo, controlled by the Chinese military, it would be proposed to transfer to Russia components and technical competences so Moscow can make drones locally, claims Der Spiegel.
This would allow you autonomously produce up to 100 devices of this type per monthcalculate.
China, intervener in Russia-Ukraine conflict
Contacted by the German weekly, the chinese foreign ministry denied the arms supply to Russia but did not respond to specific claim about drones.
USA this week accused Beijing of considering arm Russia in the war against Ukraineto which the Asian giant replied that the largest arms supplier was Washington.
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China has so far not condemned the invasion and has remained neutral. in the vote on Thursday of the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization (UN) in which a resolution demanded the Russian withdrawal.
NATO downplays China’s plan to achieve peace between Russia and Ukraine
The secretary general, Jens Stoltenbergwas skeptical about Chinese strategy to end the war in Ukraine, by stating that Beijing “doesn’t have much credibility” in the conflict because he did not condemn the Russian invasion.
“In proposals and points presented by China, first of all, it does not have much credibility because it has not been able to condemn the illegal invasion of Ukraine. And also, days before the invasion, he signed an agreement (…) of unlimited association with Russia,” Stoltenberg said.
Late this Thursday, China presented a 12 point plan to end the armed conflict in a document in which he urged Moscow and kyiv to resume peace negotiations and warned about the danger of using nuclear weapons, after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he was suspending his participation in the nuclear disarmament treaty signed with the United States in 2011.
Source: Ambito
