China continues to provide crucial support to the production of weapons in Russia, including Oreshnik missiles and Shahed long-range drones.
This was revealed by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
On January 28, the Telegraph newspaper reported that it had identified $10.3 billion worth of technology and advanced equipment that China had sent to Russia over an unspecified period of time.
The Telegraph reported that Russia is using Chinese CNC machines to produce Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missiles at the Votkinsk plant in the Republic of Udmurtia and for the production of "Shaheed" drones in the special economic zone "Alabuga" in the Republic of Tatarstan.
"Telegraph" found that China also supplies Russia with microchips, memories, ball bearings, telescopic sights, and mounted piezoelectric crystals worth millions of dollars.
China continues to refrain from directly supplying arms to Russia, but instead supplies components and equipment, many of which are dual-use, to the Russian military-industrial complex.
ISW continues to assess that Beijing's supplies to the Russian military-industrial complex have allowed Russia to improve and increase its production of drones, which Russian forces use to deliver long-range strikes against the Ukrainian rear and to strike against the Ukrainian near rear to achieve front-line effect.
Ukrainian forces continued their campaign of strikes against Russian military targets near the front line and in the Russian near rear on the night of January 27-28. The General Staff of Ukraine reported that Ukrainian forces have struck military targets in the Russian near rear.
Ukrainian forces began to intensify their medium-range strike campaign in late December 2025 and are conducting their own air blockade campaign on the battlefield, parallel to the Russian campaign that allowed Moscow to advance in the fall of 2025.
Ukrainian forces are likely trying to use their medium-range strikes to counter recent Russian successes.