Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
They already did The court issue injunction against motor sich blocking any asset transfer to China . But latter the trade minister and motor sich said the cooperation continue
A scandal has blown up in Ukraine over the sale of a controlling stake in aircraft engine maker Motor Sich to Chinese investors. A Kiev court arrested the shares amid an investigation by the Security Service. Russian military expert Vasily Kashin explains what may have prompted Kiev's sudden change of heart over military cooperation with Beijing.
Last week, a court in Kiev a 56% stake in Motor Sich Company belonging to Beijing Skyrizon Aviation Industry Investment Co amid allegations by the Ukrainian Security Service that the sale was illegal, and aimed at stripping the company of its assets and liquidating it.
Commenting on the fate of the legendary company in an analysis piece for Sputnik, Russian military observer Vasily Kashin noted that the story surrounding the Ukrainian-Chinese military technology trade goes back decades. He recalled that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Kiev quickly became the second most important source of military technology for China after Russia.
"Cooperation with Ukraine included such sensitive areas as space technology, aircraft engine building, missiles, radar facilities and ships' power plants," the analyst wrote. "Often, Ukraine would help China to bypass restrictions on the export of military technologies that existed in Russia, or transferred technology to its Chinese partners at much lower prices."
Kashin added that notwithstanding the strong influence the US would have over Ukrainian politics starting in the 1990s, "Washington did little to stop this cooperation. The Americans intervened only in instances of particular importance, such as Kiev's attempt to supply a number of Soviet Kh-55 [long range] cruise missiles to Iran and China in the early 2000s."
"US inaction could be partly due to ignorance, or arrogance," Kashin suggested. "In spite of the presence of a large number of American advisers in Ukraine for many years, including in the country's military structures and security services, the events of 2014 showed that the US had a poor understanding of the real situation in the country. Nevertheless, judging by recent publications in the US press and specialized publications, the subject of Ukrainian military technical cooperation with Asian countries has started to attract growing interest."
For its part, Motor Sich has had a similarly long history of cooperation with China in the development, repair and supply of engines for military transports, combat training aircraft, UAVs and cruise missiles.
After the deterioration in relations with Russia in 2014 and the loss of the Russian market shortly thereafter, the aircraft engine maker turned to China. Until recently, Kashin wrote, "the contacts between Motor Sich and the Chinese were met favorably by Ukrainian authorities. In May, Deputy Prime Minister Stepan Kubiv called plans to produce and service aircraft engines in Chongqing, central China using Ukrainian technologies a 'great achievement'."
At that time, Beijing Skyrizon also promised to invest $250 million US in Motor Sich's Ukrainian plants.
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