Ukraine intel chief sees no signs China plans to arm Russia

SpaceWar.com reports: “Ukraine’s head of military intelligence has brushed aside claims that China is considering furnishing arms to Russia, telling US media that he saw no ‘signs that such things are even being discussed’.

Senior US officials have said as recently as Sunday that they were ‘confident’ China was considering providing lethal equipment to Moscow, with a diplomatic pressure campaign underway to discourage it from doing so.

But when asked about the possibility in a lengthy interview with Voice of America published on Monday, Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said: ‘I do not share this opinion.’

‘As of now, I do not think that China will agree to the transfer of weapons to Russia,’ he said. ‘I do not see any signs that such things are even being discussed.’…”

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