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Leaked Documents Reveal Russia Transferring Ka-52M Helicopters and Ammo Tech to China
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Leaked documents obtained by United24 Media on February 6 reveal a sharp escalation in Russia–China military cooperation, including major helicopter deliveries, technology transfers, and training programs.
Internal records from the Perm region Powder Plant show that Moscow is supplying not only finished weapons, but also critical production technologies.
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As early as 2017, Russia signed a contract with China’s state defense corporation NORINCO to transfer technology for producing spherical propellants used in small arms and artillery ammunition. The project stalled for years due to delayed payments, but was revived in summer 2024 and reached an operational level by 2025.
Training schedules indicate that Chinese specialists were granted access to restricted Russian facilities and completed full-cycle production training in June 2025, from raw material preparation to reactor-based propellant formation, drying, sorting, and quality control.
Documents also confirm that Russian security services approved the presence of Chinese personnel at the plant.
Alongside technology cooperation, the files point to large-scale weapons exports. In April 2022, shortly after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, documentation was prepared for the delivery of 48 Ka-52M attack helicopters to a Chinese customer.
It was also previously reported that Russia had tripled its monthly production of 9M723 ballistic missiles used in its Iskander-M systems, largely due to exports from China.
Further correspondence in July 2024 confirmed plans to deliver another batch of 48 helicopters between 2025 and 2027.
The documents suggest that Russia is increasingly trading sensitive military technologies and long-term export contracts in exchange for access to China’s market and political backing.
Notably, the partnership is becoming more asymmetrical, with Beijing gaining access to key defense-industrial competencies while Moscow grows more dependent under the pressure of war and sanctions.
Earlier, Chinese President Xi Jinping held separate discussions with US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
The talks between Xi and Putin centered around the deepening strategic cooperation between Russia and China, which both leaders have characterized as being at an “unprecedented level.”
