![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/ukraine-war-russia-still-gets-key-war-kit-despite-sanctions/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/130709725_5806b9c969058e20b710cb8565bef333f34a4dd4.jpg&description=Image source, Reuters Image caption, Local residents stand outside an apartment building damaged by a Russian missile strike in Pokrovsk, in the Donetsk region On Tuesday, the UK government announced what it described as the "largest ever UK action" targeting Russia's access to foreign military supplies. The sanctions included businesses and individuals in Turkey, Dubai, Slovakia and Switzerland. The Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, said the measures would "further diminish Russia's arsenal and close the net on supply chains propping up Putin's now struggling defence industry." But after successive waves of sanctions by the UK, US and EU, Russia still has the parts it needs to keep its war machine going. The reasons for this are complex but boil down to Moscow's continued ability to lay its hands on small but vital pieces of Western technology, especially microchips. Much of the Kremlin's weaponry, including ballistic and cruise missiles, makes heavy use of electronic components manufactured in the US, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, Israel and China. In June, Kyiv's KSE Institute, in association with the Yermak-McFaul International Working Group on Russian Sanctions, analysed 1,057 separate foreign components found in 58 pieces of captured Russian weaponry. It found that microchips and processors accounted for about half of the components and that around two thirds of them were made by American companies. The top five manufacturers were all American, including Analogue Devices, Texas Instruments and Intel. The research echoed findings in other reports stretching back to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Image source, Russian Defence Ministry Press Service Image caption, Despite sanctions Russia still has access to the parts it needs from various sources With many of these vital components subject to export controls, Russia is not buying them directly from Western suppliers. Instead it has turned to an elaborate network of third country in){kind=link}
On Tuesday, the UK government announced what it described as the “largest ever UK action” targeting Russia’s access to foreign military supplies.
The sanctions included businesses and individuals in Turkey, Dubai, Slovakia and Switzerland.
The Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, said the measures would “further diminish Russia’s arsenal and close the net on supply chains propping up Putin’s now struggling defence industry.”
But after successive waves of sanctions by the UK, US and EU, Russia still has the parts it needs to keep its war machine going.
The reasons for this are complex but boil down to Moscow’s continued ability to lay its hands on small but vital pieces of Western technology, especially microchips.