Published on, Sept. 25 -- September 25, 2025 3:40 PM

Chinese drone specialists have reportedly traveled to Russia several times since last year to work with state-owned arms maker IEMZ Kupol, a company already under Western sanctions. According to European security officials and reviewed documents, the experts supported the development and testing of military-use drones, while Kupol simultaneously received shipments of Chinese-made attack and surveillance drones through a sanctioned Russian intermediary.

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The collaboration gained attention after Kupol was found to have developed its Garpiya-3 drone in China with technical help from local experts. Officials now say Chinese engineers not onl...