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Spotlight | China, Russia, Ukraine
China's Piesat trades with Moscow to deploy drones in Ukraine

The Chinese firm Piesat, a partner of Russian intelligence since the start of Moscow's war on Ukraine, has begun to sell its drones to Russia, to make up for the Russian armed forces' colossal losses of unmanned aircraft. [...]

Published on 29/06/2023 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Alex Karp
DJI
Kalashnikov Concern
Nikita Khamitov
Palantir
Piesat Information Technology
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