China would be providing armored vehicles to the Chechen forces, which are fighting for the Russian Federation, according to Ukrainian media.
The Russian forces would have received weapons from Chinese manufacturingaccording to radio station Rbc and the website Defense Expressboth Ukrainian, as evidenced by a June 6 video showing the Chechen president, Ramzan Kadyrov next to eight Chinese armored vehicles “Tiger”received by his military unit from Akhmat.
The sites specify that it is not clear how the Chinese production vehicles got to the Russian Federationspecifying that they could have been delivered via third countries, perhaps even without the consent or knowledge of beijingwhich officially does not supply weapons to Moscow.
According to RBCthe video, whose authenticity is yet to be verified, would demonstrate “the first time a Chinese team has registered for the service of Russian troops.”
“The China Tiger armored vehicles produced by Shaanxi Baoji Special Vehicles have been seen for the first time at the Russian Federation and there are actually several options for how they could have gotten to the Kadyrovs,” the station added.
Belarus proposes “joint action” to Vladimir Putin
The presidents of Russia and Belarus, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, respectively, will meet tomorrow in Moscow, the Russian capital, in the framework of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin spokesman, Dimitri Peskov, has confirmed the information and said that “the date has been determined this very morning.” In addition, he has indicated that the meeting will take place on Russian territory, according to Russian news agencies.
Lukashenko is expected to propose to Putin to develop a joint action program for both countries to “guarantee their self-sufficiency” and not depend on third countries at all, according to information from the BelTA news agency. Thus, he has proposed a “complete review” of the legal framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (OTSC), as well as the State of the Union and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
Source: Ambito
