China watch
Every report of Chinese personnel in Russia, occupied Ukraine or Belarus that this feed has collected — kept permanently, each with its grade and its sources.
Reports of Chinese people — soldiers, officers, military advisers, instructors, technical specialists servicing equipment, observers — in Russia, occupied Ukraine or Belarus. Chinese components, drone parts and deliveries are a different question and are tracked separately.
Each item carries an Admiralty grade: a letter for how reliable the source has proven, a digit for how well the claim is corroborated. C3 is a fairly reliable source making a possibly-true claim. D4 is one source we do not rate, saying something we cannot confirm. Both appear here, deliberately — the pattern over time is the point, and a claim that turns out to be false is part of that pattern. Nothing on this page is presented as established fact.
Entries are never removed. When a finding leaves the front section it comes here and stays.
2 reports collected, 2 still on the front page.
September 2026
- C3 1 independent origin RU · adversary
Chinese factory produces serial anthropomorphic robots for Serbia
Serbian 'Winner-2026' exercises demonstrated 'Milo' robotic dogs equipped with ATGMs and machine guns, marking the first serial models from a new Chinese factory for anthropomorphic robots.
- C2 2 independent origins RU · adversary
Chinese shipyard builds specialized base for large UUVs
UN monitoring group reports up to 25,000 North Koreans working on Geran drone assembly in Russia's Alabuga SEZ, posing as students to evade sanctions.
Places named in the sourcesAlabuga