China urged all parties involved in the Russia-Ukraine war to cool down the conflict in response to Kyiv's stunning Operation Spiderweb against Russian airfields, which destroyed a number of Moscow's strategic nuclear bombers deep inside Russia.

Russia is catching up with Ukraine in drone production, largely due to substantial financial support from China and the advantage of having production lines far from the front lines. A senior Ukrainian official told Politico EU that China is playing a role in the conflict,

Beijing denies helping Moscow, but Russia is scaling up both the production and the sophistication of its drones.