Russia disassembles washing machines, vacuum cleaners for microchips to be inserted into missiles - Ukraine’s intelligence chief Budanov

The head of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, made the statement in an interview with Forbes.

The journalist noted that the import of electronics from China to Russia has increased by 500%, i.e. 6 times over the past year, and they include components that are necessary for the manufacture of missiles. Budanov was asked if anything could be done to prevent Russia from receiving electronics.

"These are exclusively civilian goods and chips that can have dual use. This is a problem. If you import a vacuum cleaner, it is a vacuum cleaner. Based on the realities in which Russia lives, they have to buy millions of such equipment and disassemble it into microcircuits," said the Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.

"This is a great shame even for Russian ideology, because they have reached the point where they buy washing machines, vacuum cleaners and disassemble them into microchips that they will then insert into missiles," he added.

• Earlier, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said that sanctions should be imposed on Russia to make it impossible for it to obtain the electronics necessary to manufacture missiles and drones that it launches at Ukraine.