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Ukrainian officials publicly asserted that China's satellite technology has been used to assist Russian military strikes, including an incident in August that targeted a U.S.-owned appliance factory in the western Zakatia region. Seventeen people were injured in that attack, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and local officials condemned as lacking military justification. Ukraine now claims that Chinese satellite data enabled the strike—raising serious questions about China's direct or indirect role in efforts that extend beyond Ukrainian borders.