Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“The United States has sanctioned two Chinese companies it says are involved in the production of aerial drones used by Russia in its war in Ukraine. In a statement, the US Treasury said it was also targeting a Russian company and its owner, Artem Yamshchikov, who it said serve as an intermediary between the firms and a Russian state-owned weapons company. The move means their property and interests within US control have been seized. It came as Volodymyr Zelensky outlined his ‘victory plan’ in a speech to the EU Council — in which he said Ukraine had intelligence that ‘China is still actively helping Russia drag out this war.'” (10/17/24)