# China secretly supplied 46 tons of drone-production materials to Russia, report says

https://mins.news/en/item/48252

- Meduza, 2026-09-07 10:48 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/07/china-secretly-supplied-46-tons-of-drone-production-materials-to-russia

> Shipping documents reviewed by Politico and The Telegraph indicate that China’s state-owned Jilin Chemical Fiber Group sent 46 tons of polyacrylonitrile to Russia under a civilian synthetic-fiber customs code. The recipient was listed as Alabuga-Volokno, a Rosatom subsidiary. An expert estimated the material could support production of at least 1,300 drones. Ukrainian and U.S. officials confirmed the documents’ authenticity, while Britain did not dispute them.