Chinese company admits its drone was shot down in Ukraine

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Aiding Russia with weapons would ruin China's credibility as a potential peacemaker, one expert told Newsweek.

In a statement published March 2 on its website, the manufacturer said that"UAV platforms shall not be used for any military purposes." That includes condemning attached weapons and explosives to its UAVs, and not providing after-sale service for military purposes.

"From the moment Mugin first opened its doors, we have remained steadfast in one goal: designing UAV platforms for the betterment of humanity," the statement read."With that being said, we want to reinforce the fact that we absolutely condemn the use of our UAV platforms for military purposes."Samuel Bendett, Russia analyst for the Center for Naval Analyses, toldthat Russia claims that Ukraine uses the same Mugin drones for long-range strikes into Crimea and Russia proper.

Whether or not the drone's use was perpetrated intentionally by Russians or the Chinese could have broader implications, said Rajan Menon, director of the Grand Strategy Program at Defense Priorities and nonresident scholar in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

"The Chinese are of two minds: On the one hand, they see the war going badly for the Russians and they don't want to be associated with failure," Menon toldRussia failing militarily could allow the U.S. to pivot more toward Asia with less thought to Europe, he added, saying that it's paradoxical for a country to encourage peace negotiations while also theoretically offering weapons to one of the conflict's main combatants.

"If the drone was given by the Chinese to Russians, this is a sign of things to come," Menon said."What makes it tricky is they've tried to assert themselves a peacemaker, albeit with a plan that makes them favor Russia."

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oh the expert!!!!! So supplying weapons to UKR is ok for peace talks. You can't make this stuff up.

What about US credibility?

Hypocrites. God the West are truly exhausting

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