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Western parts found in Russian missiles & drones fired at Ukraine, says Zelenskyy

Flagging the inefficiency of the West to enforce sanctions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia continues to procure Western parts from US, British, German, and other suppliers, for its missiles and drones.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has flagged the inefficiency of the West in starving Russia of supplies to make missiles and drones and said that Russian weapons continue to have parts from American, British, German, and other Western suppliers.

In a post on X, Zelenskyy said that 549 Russian weapons involved in Russia’s overnight attack on Sunday had 102,785 foreign-made components from companies in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Japan, South Korea, China, and Taiwan.

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Overall, nearly 100,688 of foreign-made parts were in drones, about 1,500 were in Iskander missiles, 192 in Kinzhals, and 405 in Kalibrs, according to Zelenskyy.

Zelenskyy went on to list several specific components that are made in the West.

US companies manufacture converters for Kh-101 missiles and Shahed/Geran-type drones, sensors for those drones and for Kinzhal missiles, analog-to-digital converters for drones and missiles, and microelectronics for missiles; microcontrollers for drones are made in Switzerland; microcomputers for drone flight control are produced in the UK; optoisolators for cruise missiles come from Japan; switching connectors are made in Germany; and processors are made in the Netherlands; and servomotors and bearings made in South Korea.

Zelenskyy further said that at least 50 different microelectronic components in each Shahed are produced in China and Taiwan.

Zelenskyy urged the Group of Seven (G-7) to impose sanctions on these suppliers.

In recent weeks, Russia has ramped up aerial attacks on Ukraine. In addition to increasing the number of missiles and drones used, Russia has also reportedly improved its missiles that are making them harder to intercept.

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Last night, Russia attacked Ukraine with around 500 drones and 50 missiles. Ukranian authorities said that five people were killed in the attack.

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