Zelensky seeks action against drone suppliers

VOLODYMYR Zelensky has called for tougher sanctions for British firms supplying parts for Russian drones being used to bomb Ukraine.

- GEORGE THOMPSON Press Association

The Ukrainian president criticised allies for supplying components to Russia, claiming hundreds of thousands of foreign-made parts were used in a strike on Ukraine on Sunday in which several people died.

Mr Zelensky said in a post on social media that microcomputers for flight control produced in the UK were found in drones used in the attack, along with other parts from other allies, including the United States.

Four people, including a 15-year-old, died and six more people were injured in Sunday’s combined drone and missile strike on the city of Lviv, in western Ukraine, according to provincial officials.

It was the largest aerial assault on the historic city and its surrounding province since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, according to Maksym Kozytskyi, the head of the local military administration.