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- cross-posted to:
- world@quokk.au
- china@sopuli.xyz
- russia@sopuli.xyz
Despite public statements about seeking dialogue with the US, the Kremlin is quietly expanding military cooperation with China. According to Kyiv Post sources in Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (HUR), Moscow is set to host around 600 Chinese military personnel in 2025 for training at Russian Armed Forces bases and military centers.
“The Kremlin has decided to allow Chinese military personnel to study and adopt the combat experience Russia has gained in its war against Ukraine,” a HUR source told Kyiv Post.
The Chinese servicemen will be trained to counter Western weaponry, with a focus on preparing tank operators, artillerymen, engineers, and air defense specialists.
The intelligence source said this underlines the fact that “such decisions by Moscow and Beijing clearly illustrate the Russian regime’s intention to align with China in a course of global confrontation with the West.”
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You’re gonna take advice from Russia?
Not necessarily advice, more like technical data. Think less of “how to fly a drone around them” and more “how to time a fixed wing pass and move that data up as fast as possible”. Though in this case its their air force doing the teaching, so probably something more involved (and more important).
I think China is fully aware by now and won’t blindly follow whatever they’re told.
China has not fought a war in a long, long time. Taking lessons from others (and from the failures of others) is important to get the knowledge for the day they need it.
global confrontation with the West
Everybody is preparing for this war. Strangely both sides seem to be happy with more time.
