Ukraine detains Chinese father-son duo for alleged espionage
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Relations between Kyiv and Beijing, a key Russian ally, are already strained. Ukraine and the West accuse China of enabling the Russian invasion through trade and of supplying technology, including for deadly drone attacks.
Ukraine also says dozens of Chinese citizens have been recruited by Russia's army and sent to fight.
The SBU 'detained two citizens of the People's Republic of China in Kyiv who were attempting to illegally export secret documentation on the Ukrainian RK-360MC Neptune missile system to China,' the agency said in a statement.
The son is a 24-year-old former student of a technical university in Kyiv, it said, adding that the father, who lives in China, had travelled to Ukraine to coordinate his son's 'espionage activities'.
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If convicted, they face 15 years in prison on espionage charges.
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