In a striking revelation from Ukrainian intelligence, it has come to light that Russia’s military drones are now relying almost entirely on Chinese components. While it’s not unusual for Russian weapons to contain foreign parts,

China supports russian terrorism – thus, China directly supports the fight against Europe. The new russian drone consists almost entirely of Chinese components, — GUR. The intelligence agency has published data on the drone, which the russians use as a decoy, reconnaissance… pic.twitter.com/1mpwMf9Kkh

The shipments have allowed Russian weapons-maker IEMZ Kupol to increase its production of the Garpiya-A1 attack drone, despite the U.S. and EU sanctions imposed in October.