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Chinese Firm Ships Kamikaze Drone Parts to Russia in Complex Resale Scandal!

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By Harper Westfield

Chinese Firm Ships Kamikaze Drone Parts to Russia in Complex Resale Scandal!

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By Harper Westfield

A Ukrainian Facebook user’s public grievances have exposed a sophisticated scheme by a Chinese company designed to circumvent sanctions and supply crucial military equipment components to Russia, disguised as automobile parts from a Taiwanese company. According to a report by Militarnyi, the ruse involved smuggling components essential for glide bombs and kamikaze drones.

Last Friday, Ukrainian activist Vadim Labas expressed his frustration upon discovering that components that could be used in weapons were being sent to Russia under the guise of being auto parts from Taiwan’s TRC. However, by Monday, further scrutiny revealed that a Chinese enterprise had counterfeited the TRC brand to evade sanctions.

Labas detailed that after collaboration with supportive Taiwanese and Ukrainian residents in Taiwan, it became clear there was a ‘dual-layered’ strategy not only aimed at bypassing sanctions but also at tarnishing the reputation of the Taiwanese company involved. Following these revelations, Labas issued a public apology to TRC, clarifying the deception orchestrated by China’s KST to sidestep international sanctions using their servo drives.

According to Labas, these servo drives are crucial for manufacturing UMPK glide bombs and Shahed kamikaze drones. He identified the manufacturer of these parts as KST Digital Technology Limited, a sanctioned Chinese entity. KST allegedly sold these components to a fictitious entity within China named Kaiffeng Zhendaqian Technology (KZT). The items were then purportedly sold to another Chinese firm, Unihui International Limited, during which they were mislabeled as products of Taiwan’s TRC.

The components were further transferred by Shenzhen Biosen Bio-Tech Co. to Omni Trade and Dymir Trade, which Labas identifies as Russian proxy companies. Notably, Dymir Trade appears to be a newly established counterpart to another sanctioned entity, Dymir. The final step in this elaborate scheme involved shipping these military components to Russia, falsely documented as civilian car spare parts.

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It is unsurprising that TRC, the Taiwanese company implicated by the fraudulent labeling, is baffled by the misuse of their brand to ship military components. An executive from TRC, speaking to Taiwan’s CNA, denied any production of the alleged parts and mentioned that legal measures are being considered to defend the company’s reputation and legal rights.

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