Russia is preparing to work closely with Beijing to train Chinese military personnel in countering NATO weapon systems, according to Ukrainian intelligence.
Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (HUR) stated that the collaboration would host approximately 600 Chinese soldiers this year at Russian Armed Forces installations, according to a report from Kyiv Post.
A significant portion of the training will draw on Moscow’s battlefield experience along NATO’s eastern flank and tactics for crippling Western weaponry, with additional instruction focused on heavy combat vehicles, engineering, artillery, and air defense operations.
Sources predict that the Chinese government will apply strategies learned from Russia in the event of an invasion of Taiwan.
“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 spokesperson told Kyiv Post.
“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.”
Russian-China Ties
The US government suspected a Russia-China partnership in support of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine just a year after President Vladimir Putin’s so-called “military operation.”
Information revealed that Beijing was considering arming Russian forces at the time, from “lethal support, ammunition, to the weapons themselves.” By 2024, American and British intelligence confirmed that the aid was indeed being supplied by China.
In 2025, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky verified that Beijing had halted the supply of its homegrown drones to Kyiv and other parts of Europe, but shipments to Russia continued.
Early records of Ukrainian defense against Russia showed Kyiv relying on Chinese unmanned aerial systems, including the commercial DJI Mavic quadcopter from Shenzhen.
Meanwhile, Russian combat drones and missiles recently harvested by HUR from the frontlines were documented with multiple China-made components.
