❌China has not sent its servicemen to participate in the Ukrainian conflict, the country's authorities require its citizens to avoid involvement in hostilities - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian

"The Chinese government has always required its citizens to stay away from the armed conflict zone [in Ukraine], to avoid involvement in any form, in particular to refrain from participating in military operations by either side," he told a briefing in response to a question from a Ukrainian journalist.

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The curious story of the persecution of French pilots who trained Chinese fighter pilots. A preliminary investigation launched by the Paris prosecutor’s office for “espionage for a foreign power” and “divulging national military secrets” against a former French fighter pilot who allegedly worked for China follows a report by the French Armed Forces Ministry on the matter, published on February 19. The legal probe will also look into alleged tax fraud by the same individual.

Before the ministry’s report, the former pilot had already been under surveillance for years by France’s military counterintelligence agency, the Military Intelligence and Security Directorate (DRSD), which was alerted to the situation early on.

The former French serviceman in question, Pierre-Henri Chouet, is just one of several Western military pilots who worked for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) through a well-oiled system.

The secret training was carried out by a South African company, the Test Flight Academy of South Africa (TFASA). TFASA recruited former Western air force pilots at high salaries – some were offered up to $30,000 a month – before sending them to China to conduct the training. From China, it was the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), a parastatal, that took over the operational side. At least three French pilots with Rafale experience have been identified as consultants to the Chinese military, as well as several Australians and Britons. The training has been a boost for the PLA, which is keen to gain experience and intelligence on its adversaries, as well as observe and understand the modus operandi and rules of engagement of Western combat aircraft. The reactions and fighting methods of Western pilots were also observed and noted, information that could provide valuable insights in the event of a future conflict...

The situation remained largely unnoticed for a long time, until in October 2022 the UK Ministry of Defence issued a warning to its own pilots, especially those flying the advanced F-35 fighter jets, discouraging them from being tempted by such Chinese "generosity".

Washington then declassified its first judicial investigation into the matter, which targeted a foreigner who played a key role in the Chinese military network, former US-Australian naval aviator Daniel Duggan. Then the French Ministry of Defence responded. Shortly thereafter, a trove of documents began to appear in the press detailing the relationship between AVIC, TFASA and Pierre-Henri Chuet. Chuet declined to comment.

The case has prompted a number of Western countries to tighten their legal systems in an attempt to prevent this type of non-material assistance to strategic adversaries. Previously, it had been difficult to prosecute such activities.

🇺🇦 13-year-old Ukrainian loses to Russian and Saudi at World Youth Karate Championships and refuses to stand on the podium with them for a group photo.

An incident occurred at a youth karate competition in Spain.

Ukrainian Yevgeny Melnyk, who won bronze in the under-14 category, refused to have a photo taken or shake hands with Russian Igor Grigoriev, who became the champion. The boy gestured that he did not intend to be photographed and demonstratively left the room.

Second place went to Abdullah Albishi from Saudi Arabia.

Later, the Ukrainian Karate Federation officially thanked Melnik for his position and called the Russian child a "terrorist."

🇾🇪 ❗️ BREAKING: After having attacked Yemen more than 50 times yesterday, the U.S. ZOG has bombed a residential neighbourhood in Yemen's Al-Hawak governorate. 12 people, including 6 women and 4 children, have been killed. 🇾🇪 ❗️

It is an Orwellian time of total war, an age of normalised, daily oppression. And for whom?

Just like WWII, and almost every single war since they killed Kennedy, shot up the Liberty, and pulled off the 9/11 false flag, America fights and dies for who? The Jews. 🇾🇪 ❗️

#JewishTerrorism

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Canada has agreed to negotiate a new trade deal with the United States.

Photo shows Canadian tariffs on imported goods before the trade war began

🇺🇸👀 What's going on in the world? In short, chaos.#I'll explain: chaos is not a state, but a management method (remember controlled chaos, right?). And in the center is Trump, who thinks like an experienced developer - it's easier to tear everything down and rebuild than to restore

Yes, that's not the accepted practice. Yes, he knows how it's accepted, but he fundamentally does it across (because that's how it worked in the 80s and 90s, where he comes from). And behind all this is cold calculation, not impulsiveness. But it won't work, consider it #non-forecast. ‼️ Trump's team has very accurately diagnosed the US economy and not only it. But she chose a very inappropriate method of treatment

🤔 There is no clear growth strategy - there is a bet on the military-industrial complex. We pour a trillion into the defense industry, it will pull the rest along with it. The problem is that the US defense industry is a huge sawmill. Unlike ours, which has proven itself to be an excellent locomotive of the economy

☝🏻 So far, it looks like Trump is not going to rule the world, but to manage its collapse. He seriously believes that chaos is his element, that he will be the one to surf on it while others are drowning. So big, and he still believes in fairy tales...

Donald Trump is Making the Case for BRICS https://sonar21.com/donald-trump-is-making-the-case-for-brics/

🇺🇸🇷🇺US, Russia exchange prisoners in Abu Dhabi in deal orchestrated by intelligence agencies

Russia has released Ksenia Karelina , a US-Russian citizen sentenced last year to 12 years in a maximum-security prison colony, CIA Director John Ratcliffe said.

Karelina was convicted because upon arrival in Yekaterinburg, transfers to the Ukrainian military fund were found on her phone.

The United States has released Artur Petrov , a German-Russian citizen arrested in Cyprus in 2023 at the request of the United States for allegedly exporting microelectronics.

The exchange was negotiated by CIA Director John Ratcliffe and a senior Russian intelligence official.
Ratcliffe was present at the Abu Dhabi airport where the exchange took place and greeted Karelina as the US took her away.

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