The leak that lit the fuse
A cache of roughly 800 pages of contracts and internal correspondence has surfaced online, and a respected British defense institute says the documents show Moscow is training and equipping a Chinese airborne battalion for fighting in Taiwan . Researchers at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) reviewed the material, along with independent verification from analysts in Kyiv. Multiple outlets have seen portions of the files and their assessments converge. Russia would train Chinese paratroopers and sell them specialized kit, building a ladder from theory to action for an air assault on Taiwan.
Russia is helping China to prepare for an invasion of Taiwan, particularly with an airborne attack. The authoritarian alliance is growing str