The Daily Populous Saturday April 19th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by politico.eu and submitted by doopityWoop22

Zelenskyy revealed Thursday that Ukraine's intelligence and security services had provided information suggesting China has been covertly supplying weapons to Russia, including gunpowder and artillery.

"I cannot say we're surprised," Zelenskyy said. "But we talked with the Chinese leader and he gave me his word that he won't sell or give weapons to Russia. Unfortunately, we have facts and see the opposite information."

Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, China has maintained close economic and political ties with Moscow.

This includes an increase in bilateral trade, joint military exercises, and strengthened diplomatic collaboration through forums like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and BRICS.

Beijing has faced previous allegations of secretly supplying Russia with weapons and materials for drone production, while reducing drone shipments to Ukraine. Earlier this month, Ukrainian forces captured two Chinese nationals fighting alongside Russian troops in the Donetsk region.

Despite the years of allegations, the Chinese government has consistently denied any direct involvement in the war and sought to present itself as a neutral party.

franklindstallone on April 19th, 2025 at 12:04 UTC »

It's hard to say. I suspect they might just turn a blind eye to citizens doing what they want for a friendly nation.

Either way, I'm not sure they'd have to lie. The rest of the world is so desperate to continue the capitalist number go up train that they turn a blind eye to what China does already because it's beneficial to their economy.

Imagine the response if Canada or Italy was using 'forced labor'?

This also applies to the US and its prison labor. No one wants to touch that one it seems as there's no profit in actually solving exploitation. It's just easier to pretend Apple and Meta are the biggest problem and collect fines.

justthegrimm on April 19th, 2025 at 11:55 UTC »

Sure the Ukrainians can provide some physical evidence if China wants it.

Future-Suit6497 on April 19th, 2025 at 11:19 UTC »

They also deny their ongoing human rights abuses. While America is now a bad actor on the world stage, don't let China fool you. They are a far more competent bad actor.