Overview

• Foreign Intelligence Service (SZRU) employee Oleh Alexandrov told state agency Ukrinform that there is evidence of high-level Russia–China cooperation in satellite reconnaissance over Ukraine to identify strategic targets.
• Alexandrov said recent attacks have included sites linked to foreign investment in Ukraine.
• The SZRU declined to provide further details on which targets were allegedly hit using Chinese-supplied satellite data.
• A Russian missile strike on Aug. 21 destroyed U.S. company Flex Ltd’s facility in Mukachevo, a recent example of a foreign-owned site being hit.
• Beijing continues to claim neutrality as Kyiv cites wider Chinese dual-use backing of Russia’s war effort, and Putin and Xi recently signed more than 20 cooperation deals, according to TASS.