January 5, 2025
Hundreds of drones, missiles and guided aerial bombs used by Russia to attack Ukraine this week contained overall more than 50,000 foreign components, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan. 5.
In the first days of 2025, Russia carried out a series of attacks against Ukraine, causing the destruction of many residential buildings and infrastructure, as well as civilian casualties.
According to Zelensky, Russian troops launched more than 630 attack drones, around 740 guided aerial bombs, and nearly 50 missiles of various types this week, targeting settlements across Ukraine.
Overnight alone, 103 Shahed-type drones launched against Ukraine contained 8,755 foreign-made components, the president said.
Ukraine shot down 61 drones, the Air Force said. Another 42 drones were “lost.”
“The sanctions pressure on supply chains for foreign components remains insufficient,” Zelensky said. “Russia continues to acquire the components and manufacturing tools it needs — almost globally — and uses them in the weapons it employs to terrorize Ukraine.”
The president urged partners to bolster Ukraine’s air-defense and long-range capabilities, as well as strengthen sanctions against Russia.
Fifty-thousand foreign components in ruskie drones and missiles, and this, only one week’s worth.
I hope that each company executive and smuggler that’s responsible for this, will choke on the blood money.
It’s long past time that Ukraine started to name names that are supplying the orcs. If countries are embarrassed so be it. Sanctions have to be applied to the greedy bastards supplying the scum that are helping to kill Ukrainians.
And they accuse Ukraine of being corrupt.
The sanctions should include liability for anyone that goes around sanctions. Perhaps the ICC could back it up. And naming them should help too as you said. If these sanctions included penalties, shaming and liability, this fucking war would have been over before the Iranian Shahids showed up
Alas, we always fuck up when we do something. Everything we do is only half-assed.