Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that he has imposed sanctions on certain foreign manufacturers that supply components used in Russian drones and missiles deployed against Ukraine. In a post on X, Zelenskiy said that producing this weaponry would be impossible without critical foreign components, which the Russians continue to obtain by circumventing sanctions.
"We are introducing new sanctions precisely against such companies - component suppliers, as well as missile and drone manufacturers. I have signed the relevant decisions," he wrote on X.
Two decrees published by the Ukrainian presidency identify targets of the sanctions that include several Chinese companies and firms based in countries of the former Soviet Union, the United Arab Emirates and Panama. The decrees, as described by the presidency, focus specifically on entities involved in supplying parts and on the manufacturers of the weapons themselves.
The announcement comes as Kyiv reports a sharp rise in the scale and frequency of Russian missile and drone strikes over recent months despite negotiations aimed at ending the four-year war. Zelenskiy said on X that in the past week Russia launched more than 2,000 attack drones, 1,200 guided aerial bombs, and 116 missiles of various types at Ukraine’s cities and villages.
Attacks have concentrated on the energy and logistics sectors, with strikes on power stations and substations cutting electricity and heating to whole regions. Kyiv has reported blackouts in the capital lasting up to 20 hours, and officials have pointed to the damage at energy infrastructure as a principal cause of prolonged outages.
In addition to the measures targeting component suppliers and weapon makers, Zelenskiy said he had imposed sanctions against elements of the Russian financial sector and on bodies that support Russia’s crypto market and mining operations.
Summary
Kyiv has enacted sanctions against foreign companies identified as suppliers of components used in Russian drones and missiles, along with punitive steps against parts of Russia’s financial and crypto-supporting infrastructure, as intensified strikes damage energy and logistics targets and cause widespread power outages.