China may have just killed off Putin's combat drone industry

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Drone warfare has dominated the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, with both sides pushing forward with rapid uncrewed technology development.

New Chinese regulations brought in at the start of the month"seriously complicated drone deliveries to Russia and led to a shortage of a number of components, such as thermal imagers," Kremlin-linked newspaperIn late August, China's government said it was introducing export controls on some drones and related parts. The measures would affect some communications equipment, the engines and lasers used in drones, as well as counter-drone systems, the Chinese government said.

Ukrainian military experts show to representatives of diplomatic missions in Ukraine downed drones that Russia allegedly uses for striking critical infrastructure and other targets in Ukraine during a press conference in Kyiv on December 15, 2022. Chinese export restrictions on key components for Russian uncrewed vehicles are strangling Moscow's supply of cheap unmanned technology, according to a Russian state media report.

 

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