“Wagner PMC asked China for ammunition and equipment earlier this year, but Beijing ignored its request, The Financial Times writes with reference to leaked Pentagon documents.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1649112799400820738
“China snubbed Wagner arms request, says US intelligence leak”
“Classified document suggests Beijing did not respond to Russian paramilitary group’s request for weapons in early 2023“
“Russian paramilitary group Wagner, notorious for its brutal role in Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, unsuccessfully asked China for supplies of weapons earlier this year, according to a leaked US intelligence report.
Representatives from Wagner, which is controlled by close Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin, “sought munitions and equipment” from China in “early 2023”, according to the previously unreported document.
Wagner’s direct request to China indicates it had some confidence Beijing would be open to arming Moscow, going beyond other non-lethal forms of support for the military campaign provided by Chinese companies.
But as of early January, China “had not sent [Wagner] any weapons, not even for testing, and had no contact with [Wagner] regarding weapons deliveries”, according to the report.”
“The first external view of a Ukrainian Switchblade 600 loitering munition, donated by the US- Russian soldiers filming the wreckage after detonation. Compared to SB300, the SB600 can carry a more powerful payload (incl. anti-armor) and can hit targets over 40km away.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1649115118339227657
According to reports on the news, PMC is also supplying surface to air missiles to the rebels in Sudan.