Zelenskyy Urges G7 to Tighten Sanctions as Russia Continues Acquiring Foreign Weapon Components
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday urged the Group of Seven (G7) nations to take stronger, coordinated measures to close loopholes that allow Russia to keep obtaining foreign-made components for its weapons.
“In the fourth year of the full-scale war, Russia continues to obtain components for producing weapons,” Zelenskyy said in a statement on Telegram, referring to the large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine on the night of October 5.
He revealed that Russia deployed 549 weapon systems in the latest assault, which contained more than 102,000 foreign-made parts, including components originating from the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, and the Netherlands. Nearly 100,000 of these were found in attack drones, with additional foreign components identified in Iskander, Kinzhal, and Kalibr missiles.
Zelenskyy said converters, sensors, and microelectronics from Western and Asian manufacturers are regularly used in Russian munitions. “Partners already possess the detailed data on each company and each product — they know what to target and how to respond,” he added, noting that Ukraine has proposed new sanctions to block the supply chains assisting Moscow. He expressed hope that G7 sanctions coordinators, meeting this week, would take a “systemic decision” to improve the effectiveness of sanctions enforcement.
Earlier on Monday, Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, said on Telegram that Russia had carried out 762 strikes on 17 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region over the past 24 hours, killing one person and injuring 11. Meanwhile, Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed that its air defense units had intercepted and destroyed 251 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 62 over the Black Sea and five over the Azov Sea.
Due to the ongoing war, independent verification of battlefield reports remains difficult.
