Russia got components worth $2.9 bln from West despite sanctions, Kyiv says

Western companies supplied Russia with critical components worth $2.9 bln in the first 10 months of 2023, despite sanctions on Moscow, the Ukrainian president's office said on Wednesday.

"The products of more than 250 Western companies were found in samples of destroyed or captured Russian weapons," the office said, citing research by a working group run by the president's chief of staff Andriy Yermak and by Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia.

The research focused on Russia's attempts to circumvent export control sanctions on military goods, the president's office said.