Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian intelligence has observed correlations between Chinese satellite imaging and subsequent Russian strikes on energy facilities.
- Zelenskiy said the issue will be raised with allies, arguing such activity helps prolong the war and weakens diplomacy.
- It remains unclear whether any Chinese government body is aware of or involved in companies’ provision of space data to Russia.
- The U.S. sanctioned a Chinese firm in 2023 over satellite imagery supplied to a Russian technology company, providing context for Kyiv’s concerns.
- Fresh strikes hit a Kharkiv thermal plant with one person reported dead and several injured, and Naftogaz said nearly 100 Shahed-type drones targeted its sites over two days.