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Ukraine imposes sanctions over Russian missiles, drones

Feb 8, 2026

Ukrainian woman in rubble — Russia has launched 2000 attack drones and 116 missiles at Ukraine in the past week, Kyiv says. -EPA

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he is imposing ‍sanctions on some foreign manufacturers of components for Russian drones and missiles used against Ukraine.

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"Producing this weaponry would be impossible without critical foreign ⁠components, which the Russians continue to obtain by circumventing sanctions," Zelenskiy said on X.

"We are introducing new sanctions precisely against such companies - component suppliers, as well as missile and drone manufacturers. ‌I have signed the relevant decisions."

According to two decrees published ‍by the Ukrainian presidency, targets of the sanctions include several Chinese companies and companies from the former Soviet Union, the United Arab Emirates and Panama.

Despite negotiations to end the four-year war, Russia has sharply increased the ‌scale and number of missile and drone strikes on Ukraine in recent months, focusing its attacks on the energy and logistics sectors.

Zelenskiy said‍ Russia had launched more than 2000 attack drones, 1200 guided aerial bombs, and 116 missiles of various types at Ukraine's cities and villages in the past week.

Strikes against power stations and substations have left entire regions without electricity and heating, with blackouts in the capital Kyiv lasting up to 20 hours.

Zelenskiy said he had also imposed sanctions against the Russian financial sector and bodies that support the Russian crypto market ‍and mining operations.