The United States accused the company from China of transferring satellite data to Wagner

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The assistant to the US Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific Ocean Daniel Crownbrink said that the Chinese company SpaceTy Co transmitted satellite images of Wagner PMC fighting in Ukraine. It is reported by Reuters, quoting hearings in Congress on February 28.

In January, the United States imposed sanctions against Spaceity. Then the American Ministry of Finance claimed that the company transmitted satellite images of the territory of Ukraine Teppa-Tex. The latter, according to the US authorities, is associated with the Wagner PMC.

Teppa-Tex was also blacklisted in the United States. The Washington founded by Evgeny Prigozhin recognized as a transnational criminal organization.

The Chinese Spaceity, founded in 2016, is based in Beijing, but has a headquarters in Luxembourg. After imposing sanctions, the company said that they strictly comply with international sanctions against Russia and do not cooperate with the country. “All our products and services do not imply use for military purposes,” the company emphasized .

The United States began to openly talk about China's desire to help Russia in February in February. The head of the State Department of Anthony Blinken warned Beijing about the "serious consequences" in the event of an weapon of weapons.

China can send to Russia artillery systems, ammunition and drum drones, wrote The Washington Post with reference to White House officials. According to them, Beijing considers the supply of 122-mm and 152 mm shells, since Russia depleted its reserves due to the massive use of artillery in battles.

Beijing has not yet made the final decision, but it is negotiating with Moscow at the price and volume of letters of lethal weapons, CNN wrote with reference to sources in American intelligence. Russia is also negotiating with the Chinese company Xi'an Bingo Intelligent Aviation Technology about the purchase of 100 shock unmannedly, which Moscow can get in the spring, Der Spiegel reported .

In response to public statements and media publications, the US Foreign Ministry called on the United States, which supply “weapons on the battlefield”, “stop shifting guilt and spreading misinformation”.