KYIV: Ukraine has intelligence which shows China is supplying artillery and gunpowder to Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday.
“We believe that Chinese representatives are engaged in the production of some weapons on the territory of Russia,” he told a press conference in Kyiv. Zelensky did not specify whether he meant artillery systems or shells.
The allegation is likely to upend relations between Kyiv and Beijing, already strained by Ukraine’s making public its capture of Chinese nationals fighting for Russia. China has so far tried to maintain an outward perception of neutrality in the three-year war prompted by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine has previously called on China to use its influence over Russia to push it toward peace.
“We already have facts about this work by China and Russia to strengthen their defense capabilities,” Zelensky said, voicing his dismay as he said Chinese President Xi Jinping had promised him Beijing would not sell or supply weapons to Moscow.
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Zelensky says Ukraine has evidence of China supplying Russia with artillery
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Zelensky says Ukraine has evidence of China supplying Russia with artillery
- Zelensky said Chinese President Xi Jinping had promised him Beijing would not sell or supply weapons to Moscow
Japan bear victim’s watch shows last movements
- Bears have killed a record 13 people in Japan this year and injured more than 200 others
- The hiker’s GPS watch was retrieved after the fatal attack on August 14
TOKYO: The watch of a Japanese hiker killed by a bear has revealed harrowing details about his last moments, including that the animal returned to his body the next day, a newspaper report said.
Bears have killed a record 13 people in Japan this year and injured more than 200 others, while reports of the creatures roaming near schools and rampaging in supermarkets have heightened anxiety, especially in rural northern regions.
The hiker’s GPS watch, which uses satellite signals to log routes and monitors heart rate, was retrieved after the fatal attack on August 14, the Asahi Shimbun reported.
Data from the device showed that at around 11 a.m. it suddenly deviated from the hiking trail in Hokkaido and went down a forested slope, the daily said.
In an area of thick brush, it repeatedly circled and passed over the same spot.
The watch also showed that the man’s heart stopped beating about 100 to 130 meters (yards) from the trail, indicating that he died there.
The watch remained in the same spot all night but moved again around 9 a.m. the next morning, traveling several hundred meters through the brush.
This suggests the brown bear had come back and dragged the man’s body away, the Asahi said.
Three days later, on August 15, a bear with two cubs was spotted dragging his body in its mouth. All three animals were killed.
A mound of earth made by the bear was found nearby and traces of the man — who was engaged to be married — were discovered, the report added.
The victim’s parents were asked to identify the body, but police asked them only to look at his face because of the extent of injuries.
Bears have killed a record 13 people in Japan this year and injured more than 200 others, while reports of the creatures roaming near schools and rampaging in supermarkets have heightened anxiety, especially in rural northern regions.
The hiker’s GPS watch, which uses satellite signals to log routes and monitors heart rate, was retrieved after the fatal attack on August 14, the Asahi Shimbun reported.
Data from the device showed that at around 11 a.m. it suddenly deviated from the hiking trail in Hokkaido and went down a forested slope, the daily said.
In an area of thick brush, it repeatedly circled and passed over the same spot.
The watch also showed that the man’s heart stopped beating about 100 to 130 meters (yards) from the trail, indicating that he died there.
The watch remained in the same spot all night but moved again around 9 a.m. the next morning, traveling several hundred meters through the brush.
This suggests the brown bear had come back and dragged the man’s body away, the Asahi said.
Three days later, on August 15, a bear with two cubs was spotted dragging his body in its mouth. All three animals were killed.
A mound of earth made by the bear was found nearby and traces of the man — who was engaged to be married — were discovered, the report added.
The victim’s parents were asked to identify the body, but police asked them only to look at his face because of the extent of injuries.
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