The Wagnerites used satellites during the conflict in Ukraine, as well as during their unsuccessful rebellion in the Russian Federation.
The Chinese company Beijing Yunze Technology Co Ltd sold it to a Russian private military company Wagner space satellites for reconnaissance. This was reported by the South China Morning Post.
The parties signed the relevant document on November 15, 2022. Beijing Yunze Technology Co Ltd sold two high-resolution surveillance satellites owned by Chinese space giant Chang Guang Satellite Technology to Nika-Fruit, which at the time was part of the commercial empire of the founder of PMC Wagner Evgenia Prigozhina.
We are talking about the satellites JL-1 GF03D 12 and JL-1 GF03D 13, located in orbit at an altitude of 535 km above the Earth.
According to a European security source, the contract provided for the provision of satellite imagery upon request, allowing the mercenaries to obtain images of both Ukraine and areas of Africa where the PMC operates, including Libya, Sudan, Central African Republic and Mali.
In addition, the PMC Wagner at the end of May 2023, it requested photos of Russian territory along the entire route between the Ukrainian border and Moscow, which Prigozhin’s mercenaries had obtained at the end of June, during the rebellion.
In February 2023, the US Department of Commerce designated Beijing Yunze Co. Technology and satellite image broker Head Aerospace Technology on the sanctions list.
US State Department names Head Aerospace Technology as a reseller of satellite images that provide information to organizations associated with PMCs Wagner and Yevgeny Prigozhin.
It was earlier reported that a company from Luxembourg transmitted satellite images to PMCs Wagner.
Source: korrespondent
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