Russia Plans To Scale Up Ballistic Missile Production, Zelensky Says

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) According to Ukrinform, the head of state said this on Facebook following a briefing by Oleh Ivashchenko, Chief of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine.

"We now also have updated data on Russia's production of ballistic missiles and its plans to scale up that production. We will counter this, and it is important that there be corresponding sanctions support in the world's major jurisdictions. All supplies of components, equipment, and machine tools that Russia uses to manufacture missiles must be completely blocked," Zelensky emphasized.

He noted that Russia's ability to produce ballistic missiles is also partly the responsibility of its international partners because "without foreign components, the Russians are unable to implement a single element of their missile program."

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As Ukrinform reported, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, the President's Commissioner for Sanctions Policy, said that Ukraine expects international partners to synchronize sanctions against identified Russian ballistic missile manufacturers and strengthen export controls on foreign-made components.

The President's Commissioner emphasized that electronic components manufactured in the United States, Japan, Germany, Taiwan, France, the United Kingdom and Switzerland continue to be found in identified Russian ballistic missile systems, including Iskander-M missiles and missiles used by the S-400 system.

Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine

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