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今年早些时候，俄罗斯的一个准军事组织瓦格纳似乎试图从中国采购武器。然而，美国的情报报告称，中国没有向瓦格纳发送任何武器，也没有就武器运送问题与他们接触。这表明，中国可能没有对武装莫斯科持开放态度，这与美国官员公开声称的情况相悖。中国否认它有向俄罗斯提供武器的计划，而是指责北约向乌克兰提供致命的支持。
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美国的报告详细介绍了瓦格纳和土耳其在武器销售方面的接触，以及瓦格纳派遣附属机构到安卡拉寻求无人机、电子战系统、反电池系统和榴弹炮。
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报告还显示，白俄罗斯已经在1月初之前向瓦格纳交付了50%的未指定的武器，并提供了30万枚VOG-17榴弹发射器子弹。
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瓦格纳还在叙利亚购买了6台SPG-9榴弹发射器和180枚榴弹，具体时间不详。
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这份报告是马萨诸塞州空军国民警卫队一名21岁成员泄露的100多份高度机密文件的一部分，引发了对潜在后果的调查。
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瓦格纳由被称为 "普京的厨师 "的餐饮业者普里戈津于2014年创立，自从俄罗斯正规军未能取得普京希望的闪电战胜利后，瓦格纳就发挥了巨大的作用。
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普里戈津从俄罗斯的监狱中为瓦格纳大量招募人员，此举需要普京亲自批准，而瓦格纳在乌克兰也承受了很大的伤亡。
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文件显示，由于国防部未能向他在乌克兰的部队提供足够的武器，俄罗斯的军事机构和普里戈津之间出现了分裂。
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瓦格纳还计划恢复为 "42174项目 "招募囚犯，该项目旨在招募、培训俄罗斯罪犯并将其纳入乌克兰境内的瓦格纳部队。
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中情局和国家安全委员会拒绝发表评论。
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It appears that Wagner, a Russian paramilitary group, attempted to procure weapons from China earlier this year. However, the US intelligence report claims that China had not sent any weapons to Wagner and had no contact with them regarding weapons deliveries. This suggests that China may not have been open to arming Moscow, which goes against what US officials have publicly claimed. China has denied that it has plans to supply weapons to Russia, and instead accused NATO of providing lethal support to Ukraine.
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The US report detailed contacts between Wagner and Turkey on weapons sales, and Wagner sending affiliates to Ankara to seek drones, electronic warfare systems, counter-battery systems and howitzer artillery.
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The report also revealed that Belarus had already delivered 50% of unspecified weapons promised to Wagner by early January and had offered 300,000 VOG-17 grenade launcher rounds.
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Wagner had also bought six SPG-9 grenade launchers and 180 grenades in Syria at an unspecified time.
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The report is part of more than 100 highly classified documents leaked by a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, sparking investigations into the potential fallout.
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Wagner was founded in 2014 by Prigozhin, a caterer known as “Putin’s chef” and has taken on an outsized role since Russia’s regular army failed to deliver the blitzkrieg victory Putin hoped for.
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Prigozhin has heavily recruited for Wagner from Russia’s prisons, a move which requires Putin’s personal approval, and Wagner has sustained high casualties in Ukraine.
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The documents revealed splits between Russia’s military establishment and Prigozhin over the defence ministry’s failure to supply sufficient arms to his troops in Ukraine.
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Wagner is also planning to resume recruiting prisoners for “Project 42174”, an effort to recruit, train and integrate Russian convicts into Wagner units inside Ukraine.
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The CIA and National Security Council declined to comment.