In September, Reuters reported that Kupol was producing the Garpiya using Chinese technology, including L550E engines made by Xiamen Limbach Aviation Engine Co. A month after the Reuters' report, the European Union and the U.S. sanctioned several companies involved in producing the drones, including Xiamen. In the wake of the sanctions, a new Chinese firm called Beijing Xichao International Technology and Trade has started supplying the L550E engines to Kupol, according to invoices, a Kupol internal letter and transportation documents reviewed by Reuters. To all of you free traitors who didn’t see a problem with sending our manufacturing, technology, and money to China to save a few pennies, do you see the problem with it now?
Author: Reuters.com
Published at: 2025-07-23 22:36:36
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