By Max Hunder
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine is finding more and more Russian and Belarusian electronics in the wreckage of missiles fired at it by Moscow, a senior Ukrainian official said.
The remarks by Vladyslav Vlasiuk, commissioner for sanctions policy and an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, suggest Russia is increasingly able to replace smuggled Western components that it used to rely on in its war in Ukraine.
The West has sought to shut off Russia’s access to advanced foreign components and chips in weapons used by Russia in Ukraine.
CHIPS SO FAR ‘OF POOR QUALITY’
Kyiv has often found Western electronics in Russian missiles and put pressure on manufacturers to tighten controls on their exports.
But Ukraine has increasingly been finding Russian and Belarusian circuit boards a