Russia’s overnight missile and drone attack on Ukraine involved approximately 35,000 foreign-made components, highlighting persistent gaps in international export controls despite Western sanctions, Ukraine’s presidential commissioner for sanctions policy Vladyslav Vlasiuk said on Thursday, July 2. According to a Facebook post by Vlasiuk, the components found in the drones and missiles used during the overnight assault were largely dual-use or civilian products manufactured by companies around the world before being diverted to Russia through intermediary procurement networks.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “Behind every such attack stands not only Russia’s military-industrial complex,” Vlasiuk wrote. “These drones and missiles contain 35,000 foreign components.” He said the parts included products manufactured by companies such as Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, Intel, AMD, STMicroelectronics, Infineon, NXP, Murata, Bosch, Toshiba and Raspberry Pi, as well as Chinese manufacturers. According to Vlasiuk, Russia acquires the components through networks of intermediaries before they are ultimately delivered to Russian defense enterprises for use in missile and drone production. Calls for tighter export controls Vlasiuk urged both manufacturers and governments to strengthen oversight of supply chains, arguing that repeated discoveries of foreign-made components in Russian weapons should prompt stricter export control measures.
Russia’s Overnight Attack on Ukraine Used 35,000 Foreign-Made Components, Sanctions Official Says
The sanctions official urged manufacturers and governments to tighten export controls after foreign electronics were found in Russian weapons.
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