China’s armed forces secretly trained about 200 Russian military personnel in China late last year and some have since returned to fight in Ukraine, according to three European intelligence agencies and documents seen by Reuters.
China’s armed forces secretly trained about 200 Russian military personnel in China late last year and some have since returned to fight in Ukraine, according to three European intelligence agencies and documents seen by Reuters.
I wonder what weapons system they were trained to use?
China hasn’t been in a real war in decades, there isn’t a lot Russia could learn in the way of tactics from them. Fancy new kit that needs training to use sounds far more plausible.
The other option is that China provides the resources for training, in return for Russia owing them something. I know they’ve previously given them stuff for the option to buy oil at the same price Russians do, which is not profitable for them. Presumably they’re also going to take control of some land eventually. There’s a few pieces they’ve been wanting control of, and I think they do have some now.
Everyone needs to remember, Russia and China are not really allies. They’re generally on the same side, but they don’t provide things for free by any means. If China is doing something for Russia, they’re getting something out of it. This could have just purely been a “we provide shelter, food, space, and basic training, you give us…” deal.