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The spokesperson, Nabila Massrali, noted that if these reports are true, it would indicate Chinese companies are providing lethal support to Russia, contradicting China&#8217;s stated position of not offering such assistance. The EU has consistently urged all nations, including China, to refrain from supporting Russia&#8217;s military efforts. In response, China&#8217;s foreign ministry denied knowledge of the project and emphasized its strict export controls on drones.<\/p>\n<p>Read More at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/eu-concerned-by-report-russia-producing-attack-drones-china-2024-09-27\/\">Reuters<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report that Russia is developing a China-backed attack drone program for the war in Ukraine is &#8220;deeply concerning,&#8221; EU spokesperson, Nabila Massrali, said. &#8220;If these reports are accurate, this would mean that Chinese companies are providing Russia with lethal assistance&#8221;.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[700,698,683,677,678],"class_list":["post-1108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-war","tag-china","tag-drones","tag-eu","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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