According to the agency, delivery are carried out through company-pryprywek and intended for the Russian Defense Przedsiębiorstwo Kupol-a manufacturer of unmanned Aircraft Garpija-A1.
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According to the documents – in this contracts, invoices and customs documentation – the products are delivered from Beijing to Moscow, and then directed to Iżewsk, where the Kupola production plant is located. As three representatives of European special services specified, the masking of engines as refrigeration equipment allowed avoid the control of Chinese export services.
In the transport documents with which the agency became acquainted, it was indicated that from October 2024 Sichuan Airlines and the largest Chinese Carrier China Southern Airlines regularly supplied components to Russian companies covered by sanctions.
Kupola's internal document, which also went to the Reuters agency, shows that the company has concluded a contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for production over 6,000 GARPIJA-A1 drones in 2025. For comparison: in 2024 approx. 2,000 were produced. pieces. According to the same document until April 2025, over 1.5 thousand were already delivered. pieces.
According to Ukrainian military intelligence, these far -reaching unmanned aerial vehicles are used to attack military and civil purposes in the depths of Ukraine. According to Kiev estimates, Russia uses about 500 such drones per month.
