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Russia is ramping up production of guided bombs and building a military-industrial capacity to wage war for years to come, a study by the Kyiv analytical center Center for Defense Reforms shows. The dependence of Russian weapons on foreign parts is confirmed by the GUR of the Ministry of Defense, which recently showed U.S. senators samples of components found in the occupiers’ equipment. A significant portion of the companies involved in producing these munitions and supplying components are still not under Western sanctions.
The Kyiv Independent reports on the study’s findings, to which the analytical center provided the report exclusively. According to the researchers, in 2025 the centralized procurement entity TRV-Engineering JSC received nearly 278 thousand servomotors that control the control surfaces of aerial bombs — enough to produce 139 thousand munitions.
"Russia is building military-industrial capacity to continue waging wars even after the war in Ukraine ends. These are not the actions of a country preparing for a lasting peace," said Center for Defense Reforms head Oleksandr Danyliuk.
The researchers identified a key Russian supplier of servomotors — the company CED Sail LLC — which is currently not subject to any Western sanctions, and they recommend it be made a priority target for sanction measures. The report also describes a network of related Russian companies that import components and raw materials for producing the UMPK and UMPB control kits. These kits are what convert ordinary unguided bombs into high-precision weapons, significantly increasing their range and accuracy — allowing Russian aircraft to drop bombs while remaining within their own territory, outside the reach of Ukrainian air defenses.
Of 20 corporate structures involved in producing Russian guided aerial bombs, only eight are under any Western sanctions or export restrictions. Among critical suppliers the researchers named four Chinese companies, including Shenzhen Fire Power Control Technology Limited, which openly does not hide the military use of its products. Only one of the four Chinese companies is subject to U.S. export restrictions; none are under U.K. or EU sanctions.
"Despite repeated statements about readiness for peace, Russia continues to sharply increase production of offensive weapons, including guided aerial bombs," Oleksandr Danyliuk noted.
Aerial bombs have become the main weapon for Russian advances in the east
Russia is actively using guided aerial bombs to support slow advances in eastern Ukraine, striking combat positions, fortifications, and buildings. According to the Kyiv Independent, the Russians increasingly use these munitions against Ukrainian cities that fall within bomb range. In early October five Russian guided aerial bombs struck Zaporizhzhia, killing 20 people, including three children, and injuring 32 others.
Ukraine is trying to counter guided aerial bombs with electronic warfare systems that throw the guidance systems off course, and by striking the Su-34 fighter-bombers from which the munitions are dropped. In early October Ukrainian forces struck six Russian Su-34Ms with Neptune cruise missiles at the airfield in Borysohlibsk, Voronezh region, destroying at least four aircraft and likely seriously damaging two more.
Earlier Informator reported that 19 of 54 enterprises of the KRET concern that produce components for Russian missiles and drones are still not under sanctions by any country — including manufacturers of navigation systems for cruise missiles and gyroscopes for the Iskander systems. We also wrote that GUR representatives demonstrated to U.S. senators samples of foreign components from companies in China, Switzerland, Taiwan, Germany, the U.K., and the U.S. found in Russian weaponry.
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