US officials said that China provided more than 70% of the $900m (£723m) in machine tools – probably used to build ballistic missiles – imported in the last quarter of 2023 by Russia.

They also said that 90% of Russia’s microelectronics imports – used to produce missiles, tanks and aircraft – came from China last year.

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    7 months ago

    Not quite… It it’s the same thing the West did in WWII

    The USA did not get directly involved until funds from France and later the UK were complete depleted