China “remains decisive support for the war led by Russia in Ukraine”, according to European diplomacy.
Kaja Kallas in Brussels, Belgium, June 3, 2026. (AFP / NICOLAS TUCAT)
The head of EU diplomacy Kaja Kallas declared on Monday that the Union had “verified information according to which the Chinese army has trained Russian military personnel to fight in Ukraine”, according to comments transcribed on the website of the EU diplomatic service. Accusations firmly rejected Tuesday June 16 by Beijing.
“These allegations are devoid of any factual basis.
This is pure and simple slander and denigration.”
said a spokesperson for Chinese Foreign Affairs, Lin Jian, during a regular press briefing.
“We are carefully evaluating the implications,” she said. China “remains decisive support for the war led by Russia in Ukraine”, Kaja Kallas said on Monday.
Europeans have long accused China of favoring the Russian war effort. They accuse him of fueling the Russian war machine with his hydrocarbon purchases. They accuse him of supplying Moscow with components with potential dual civil and military use. They also urge her to use her relations with Russia to put an end to the conflict.
The German newspaper
The world
recently wrote that several hundred Russian soldiers had participated in People’s Liberation Army training programs at the end of 2025, particularly on the use of drones, on six military sites in China. Dozens of them then participated in combat in Ukraine at the beginning of 2026, including some in command posts, according to
The world
who said he relied on classified documents from European intelligence services.
“Ever closer cooperation”
A European Union official confirmed this information in broad terms last week on condition of anonymity.
China has never condemned the invasion of Ukraine, but it constantly defends itself from any involvement in the conflict. It proclaims its neutrality and calls for an end to hostilities. She accuses the West of prolonging the fighting by supplying weapons to Ukraine.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022, “we have observed ever closer cooperation between Moscow and Beijing, both in the military field and in the economic field”, declared Marc Henrichmann, president of the secret services control committee in the Bundestag, to the newspaper in May
Handelsblatt.
Moscow also secretly trained around 600 Chinese soldiers last year
mainly concerning “armored troops, artillery, military engineering and anti-aircraft defense”, according to
The world
. Moscow and Beijing also exchange information about Western-made weapons used in Ukraine, including the Himars multiple rocket launcher or the Patriot air defense systems supplied by the United States, according to the newspaper.
