In response, Xinhua, China’s news agency, ran dispatch from Kyiv, summarizing a statement from Motor Sich

In response, Xinhua, China’s news agency, ran dispatch from Kyiv, summarizing a statement from Motor Sich, saying: “Motor Sich stressed that China is the strategically important partner for Ukraine and warned that the possible halt in jet engines supplies may negatively affect Ukraine’s aircraft production industry.” In the statement, Motor Sich said it expanded into China after it lost the Russia market in 2014. It said Russia now sells jet engines to China in violation of Motor Sich licensing agreements. The company called on Kyiv to “protect the interests of Ukrainian producers.”