Daniel Kritenbrink, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, claims that the Chinese company Spacety Co provided satellite imagery to the private military company (PMC) Wagner. He made the relevant statement at the sessions of the United States Congress House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee. TASS.
“Spacety Co, one of the blacklisted companies, provided satellite imagery to Wagner PMC,” Kritenbrink said.
He also noted that the United States brought information to China about the possibility of providing military assistance to Russia for use in Ukraine. According to Kritenbrink, Washington’s allies share his “concerns about this issue”.
On February 24, the US Department of Commerce expanded sanctions, imposed export restrictions on Russia and Belarus, and blacklisted 76 entities from Russia and other countries. Thus, Chinese companies HEAD Aerospace Technology Co and Spacety Co, suspected of providing support to the Russian Armed Forces, came under restrictions.
Later, Mao Ning, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, vehemently protested Against US sanctions on Chinese companies. According to him, Beijing will take the necessary retaliatory measures.