Ukraine says massive Russian night missile and drone barrage was packed with 100,000 foreign-made parts

• Ukraine said there were more than 100,000 foreign-made parts in the drones and missiles Russia used in one overnight attack.

• Some of those parts came from companies in allied countries such as the US and Britain, the report said.

• Ukraine has previously found Western components in Russian equipment. Companies do not always have control over where goods end up.

A massive Russian attack on Ukraine relied on Western technology, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, claiming more than 100,000 foreign-made components were found in the drones and missiles used in the overnight attack.

He said Russia fired 496 attack drones and 53 missiles at Ukraine on Sunday evening, and that they included 102,785 foreign components from companies in the US, Britain, China, Taiwan, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Korea and the Netherlands.

He said there were about 100,688 foreign-made parts in the drones, including about 250 powerful Shahed-style drones, and about 1,500 foreign-made parts in Russia's Iskander missiles, 192 in the Kinzhal missiles and 405 in the Kalibr missiles.

It is the latest in a series of examples of what Ukraine says are foreign-made parts, including Western ones, of Russian weapons, despite many of those countries imposing heavy sanctions on Russia, including those seeking to prevent Russia from acquiring any technology it could use in weapons.

“Every Russian missile and every Russian attack drone also contains components that are still supplied to Russia from Western countries and several countries close to Russia,” Zelenskyy said in his speech on Monday.

He did not name specific companies, but said what kind of components Ukraine had identified from each country.

He said U.S. companies manufacture several products used in some Russian weapons, including converters used in Russia's Kh-101 missiles and Shahed-type drones, sensors used by those drones and Kinzhal missiles, analog-to-digital converters used in drones and missiles, and microelectronics used in missiles.

He also pointed to, among other things, British-made microcomputers used for flight control of Russian drones, microcontrollers for Russian drones made in Switzerland and switching connectors produced in Germany. He said the largest volume of miscellaneous microelectronics came from China and Taiwan.

He said that the data about the companies and components will be given to the Ukrainian partners.

Some of the countries mentioned, such as Britain and the Netherlands, are among the strongest supporters of Ukraine. They provide the country with military aid and train its soldiers to fight back against Russia.

Companies do not have full control over where their goods end up. Sanctions have sharply limited Russia's access to advanced Western technology, but gaps in enforcement remain. Dual-use items and civilian supply chains allow Moscow to continue sourcing electronics through other countries, and these gaps are difficult to close.

But Zelenskiy expressed frustration on Monday that Russia was still able to obtain some foreign components. “Now, in the fourth year of the full-scale war, it is simply strange to hear someone claim that he does not know how to stop the flow of crucial components.” He said it had to be stopped.

It's an ongoing race, and Western companies regularly tighten their rules to try to prevent Russia from getting parts for weapons. Ukraine has publicly thanked partners for their sanctions, but has also proposed ways for partner countries to further restrict Russia's access, such as transport restrictions.

Zelenskyy said a meeting of the G7 sanctions coordinators is planned this week, although the G7 has not publicly announced this.

Vladyslav Vlasiuk, a sanctions expert who works for the Ukrainian government on its sanctions policy, said Monday that “a systemic, coordinated decision at the G7 level is needed to close these loopholes and ensure that the sanctions are effective.”

Ukraine has repeatedly pointed to the presence of foreign-made parts in Russian weapons, including in the Geran-3, a new Russian jet-powered attack drone. Ukraine's military intelligence said last month that it has nearly 50 foreign components in the army.

Ukraine also said earlier this year that Russia's new drone-launched cruise missile had parts from partners including the US, and that it discovered a Russian manufacturer of tanks and armored vehicles was using 260 units of foreign-made equipment.

The Russian drone and missile bombardments pose a huge problem for Ukraine. They are hitting cities across Ukraine, including those far from the front lines. The brutal attacks have killed civilians and damaged or destroyed infrastructure.

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