The Commerce Department this week sanctioned 23 Chinese companies, including five linked to arms sales to Russia since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February.
Two other Chinese firms already on the department’s export blacklist also provided military goods to Moscow, the department said in a statement.
In addition to the five Chinese firms, one company in Uzbekistan was identified as supplying military goods to the Russian military since February. It was the first time the U.S. government identified Chinese companies involved in supporting the Russian military.
China has refused to condemn Russia’s invasion and the state-controlled press say the U.