China is aiding Russia’s war machine in Ukraine by providing machine tools, weapons technology, and satellite imagery, Reuters reported on April 12, citing U.S. officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. China officially declares itself a neutral party to Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine, but Washington has continued to sound the alarm on Beijing’s support of Moscow’s defense-industrial expansion efforts. According to one official, supplies from China are helping Russia launch its “most ambitious defense expansion since the Soviet era and on a faster timeline than we believed possibl…