A Russian missile and drone strike on Odesa on July 3 broken the constructing of the Chinese language Consulate Common, International Minister Andrii Sybiha stated on July 4.
"Following tonight's huge Russian air assault on Ukraine, we found in Kyiv a element of a Russian-Iranian Shahed-136/Geran-2 fight drone, which was made in China and provided only recently," Sybiha wrote on X.
"And proper on the eve, the Chinese language Consulate Common's constructing in Odesa suffered minor harm."
The July 3 assault on Odesa killed two folks and injured six others. China has not publicly acknowledged the incident or reported any harm to its diplomatic premises within the metropolis.
The Shahed-136 drone, a loitering munition utilized by Russia in its assaults on Ukrainian cities, has been assembled in massive numbers in Russia with elements sourced globally.
Ukraine has beforehand documented that Chinese language firms have contributed electronics and supplies used within the manufacturing of those drones.
Beijing stays one in every of Russia's key wartime companions, serving to Moscow evade Western sanctions and rising because the main provider of dual-use items utilized by the Russian protection trade.
China's International Minister Wang Yi reportedly advised EU overseas coverage chief Kaja Kallas on July 3 that Beijing can’t afford for Russia to lose the conflict in Ukraine, in accordance with the South China Morning Put up, which cited unnamed sources acquainted with the dialog.
The reported assertion provides to rising considerations in Kyiv over China's increasing function in supporting Russia's conflict effort. President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly accused China of siding with Moscow.
As Russian-Chinese language relations deepen, Russian President Vladimir Putin is predicted to go to China in September for the Shanghai Cooperation Group summit, the place he’s scheduled to satisfy with Chinese language chief Xi Jinping.
The Kyiv IndependentTim Zadorozhnyy