Did Ukraine really put drawings on the Varyag at that time?

China was not the only country that wanted to buy this aircraft carrier at that time, and Russia also wanted to buy the Varyag back. However, Russia and Ukraine didn't negotiate the contract, so it ended up falling apart. After that, Ukraine agreed to sell the aircraft carrier to China, but Russia and the United States blocked it several times, and finally failed. Seeing that the United States had signed a contract, it paid Ukraine to dismantle all the equipment inside the aircraft carrier. Under the pressure of the United States, Ukraine can only agree to the requirements of the United States.

So in the end, because there was no power system, the Varyag was towed back to China by a domestic tugboat company. After the experts opened the hatch, they found that the situation was not as bad as everyone thought. Only half of the power system has been dismantled, and some equipment has not been dismantled. This situation is much better for China. Because the Liaoning ship changed from refitting to service too quickly, many people said that when the Ukrainian ship was sold to the China Varyag, it was accompanied by a drawing.

So is this really the case? In fact, Ukraine just didn't completely dismantle the power system at that time, and absolutely didn't give away drawings or anything. China has made such rapid progress because it has accumulated a lot of experience. The Varyag is not the first aircraft carrier purchased by China. Before that, Australia sold Melbourne to China. Although it has only one hull, experts have accumulated a lot of experience about the deck, runway and structure of the aircraft carrier.

However, although Ukraine did not provide drawings to China, it did help China a lot. Ukrainian experts gave a lot of advice when China rebuilt its aircraft carrier.