President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated. That in the fourth year of the full-scale war, Russia continues to receive foreign components for weapon manufacturing and cited the massive attack on Ukraine on October 5 as an example.
«During the massive combined strike on Ukraine on the night of October 5, Russia used 549 munitions that contained 102,785 foreign-made components — from companies in the USA, China and Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the Netherlands. The launched attack drones contained approximately 100,688 foreign-made components, in the 'Iskanders' — about 1500, in the 'Kinzhals' — 192 components, and 405 — in the 'Kalibrs'», — he wrote on his Telegram channel.
He specified that companies in the USA produce converters for X-101 missiles and drones like 'Shahed' or 'Geran', matrices for these UAVs and 'Kinzhal' missiles, analog-to-digital converters for drones and missiles, as well as microelectronics for missiles. No less than 50 units of various microelectronics in each 'Shahed' are manufactured in China and Taiwan. Microcontrollers for UAVs are produced in Switzerland, and microcomputers for drone flight control — in the United Kingdom. Optoisolators for cruise missiles are made in Japan, and connectors — in Germany. Additionally, Russia uses processors made in the Netherlands, and servos and bearings manufactured in South Korea.
«It is important to stop all sanction evasion schemes because Russia uses each such scheme to continue killings», — Zelensky stated, adding that all materials and proposals for limiting sanction evasion schemes were handed over to Western partners.
The day before, Reuters, citing internal documents, reported that the administration of President Donald Trump stated that the Cuban authorities actively support Russia in the war against Ukraine and sent from 1000 to 5000 fighters to assist Vladimir Putin's army. Thus, Washington tried to convince other countries not to support the UN resolution calling for the lifting of long-standing American sanctions against Cuba.