The Russian mercenary group Wagner, in 2022, had signed an agreement with a Chinese company for the provision of two satellites and the use of their images, which in terms of intelligence has helped this mercenary group during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Moscow Times reports that AFP had the opportunity to see the document that proves this, Telegrafi reports.
It is reported that the agreement was signed in November last year, more than six months after the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, where Wanger under the leadership of Yevgeny Prigozhin has played an important role on the battlefield.
"Satellite images have been used to assist Wagner in operations in Africa and even in the failed rebellion in June (of this year), which led to the de facto disbandment of the Russian mercenary group after the death of Prigozhin, who died in a plane crash ", a European intelligence source told AFP.
According to the agreement written in English and Russian that this news agency had the chance to see and that was signed on November 15 of last year, the Beijing Yunze Technology company has sold two high-resolution monitoring satellites to the "Nika-Frut" company. , which at that time was part of Prigozhin's "business empire".
The satellites were said to belong to Chang Guang Satellite Technology, a Chinese giant in the space industry.
According to AFP information, more than 30 million dollars were paid for satellites and other services.
"The deal involved securing footage that was handed over to them at Wagner's request and allowed them to see satellite images from Ukraine and from Africa where members of the Russian mercenary group were active, including Libya, Sudan and Mali," the intelligence source told AFP. European who asked not to be named. /Telegraph/
