- Father and son arrested by Kyiv’s domestic security agency
- Duo accused of trying to steal secrets on missile programme
- Kyiv believes China is supporting Russia’s war effort
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[Ukrainian] counterintelligence officials arrested a 24-year-old former [Chinese] student in Kyiv after they provided him with “technical documentation” related to Neptune production, it said in a statement.
They later detained his father, who had aimed to smuggle out the documents to the Chinese special services, the Ukrainian intel SBU said. The father had been living in China but visited Ukraine to “personally coordinate” his son’s work, the agency said.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has accused China of supplying weapons and gunpowder to Russia, and has sanctioned Chinese firms Kyiv believes are aiding Moscow’s war machine, including by providing components for drones.
He has also said Ukrainian forces have captured Chinese nationals fighting for Russia on the battlefield.
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