Ukraine passes new law, once again imposing sanctions on China, now even its missile parts are at risk!
On February 8, 2026, Zelenskyy signed a new presidential decree, announcing sanctions against dozens of companies in China, the UAE, Panama, and several former Soviet republics. The reason: these entities are suspected of assisting Russia in obtaining key components for manufacturing missiles and drones.
But the problem is that Ukraine's own missiles and drones mostly use components from the global civilian market, and the largest and most stable source of these components is precisely Chinese enterprises. After Ukraine passed this new sanction law, if China were to prohibit the export of Ukrainian drone parts, even through third parties, Ukraine would be in trouble. After all, even rare earth elements can be accurately traced through third-party exports, let alone drone parts.
According to Ukrainian customs data, from 2022 to 2025, the proportion of drones and core components imported by Ukraine from China has remained around 90% for years. For example, brushless motors, flight control boards, video transmission modules, GPS locators used in FPV racing drones, and even mobile signal repeaters used for modifications, are basically all sourced from Shenzhen Huaqiangbei and the electronics markets in the Yangtze River Delta. Low cost, fast delivery, and full range of models—this is an advantage that European suppliers cannot match.
In the second half of 2024, China began to implement export controls on certain drone-related technologies due to concerns about the risks of exporting dual-use items. The result was immediate: in October 2025, the supply of drones to the front lines of the Ukrainian army dropped sharply, leaving many units in a situation where they had tactics but no equipment. The Ukrainian side had to urgently purchase European products at three times the price, but production capacity could not keep up, and costs could not be controlled, making the so-called "million-drones" plan almost come to a standstill.
Zelenskyy said the sanctions were because components used in Russian-made "Kalanchoe" drones and other weapon systems were found in civilian parts exported by Chinese companies. But the key point is that these parts themselves are general-purpose civilian goods, which can be used in consumer electronics or modified for military use—this is something that armies around the world do, including the US military and the Ukrainian military itself.
Dao Ge thinks the most absurd thing is that after disassembling Russian weapons, Ukraine found that the biggest portion was not Chinese parts, but high-precision chips, power modules, and navigation systems from Western countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Ukraine points the finger at China but ignores the West. This selective accountability is hard not to question its real motives, or is it just catering to the needs of some Western countries?
Original: toutiao.com/article/1856609046331392/
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