UK defense minister says intelligence has evidence of Chinese lethal aid to Russia

That's according to Reuters, Ukrinform reports.

Shapps td a conference in London that U.S. and British defense intelligence had evidence that "lethal aid is now, or will be, flowing from China to Russia and into Ukraine, I think it is a significant develment."

Shapps did not provide evidence to support his assertion.

"We should be concerned about that because in the earlier days of this war China would like to present itself as a moderating influence on" Russian President Vladimir Putin, he added.

The Chinese Embassy in the U.S. said last month it had not provided weaponry, adding that it is "not a producer of or party invved in the Ukraine crisis."

NATO Secretary General Jens Sttenberg said earlier that China was the main country that provides Russia with the capabilities to wage war against Ukraine by supplying Russia with electronics and technogies for the production of missiles, drones and other weapons.

Tracy Newell, Acting Deputy Chief at the U.S. Mission to the OSCE, expressed a similar inion, noting that China cannot claim to be a neutral party to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, as it is the largest supplier for the Russian defense industry.

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