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Ukraine Intelligence Exposes Foreign Tech in Russian Shipbuilding and Naval Facilities
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Ukraine’s Defense Ministry intelligence agency has released a list of foreign-produced equipment used by Russian shipbuilding and ship repair facilities involved in maintaining the Russian Navy.
According to the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry on March 18, the information was released under the “Tools of War” section of its War&Sanctions portal and includes 50 units of foreign equipment currently in use at key Russian enterprises.
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According to HUR, the list features CNC machine tools, robotic production lines, and other advanced manufacturing systems used at major shipbuilding facilities, including the Kronstadt Marine Plant, which services Russian naval vessels, Sevmash, the country’s primary builder of nuclear submarines, and the Baltic Shipyard, a producer of nuclear icebreakers and warships.
“Limiting access to foreign equipment, components, technical fluids, and software is a necessary condition for reducing the aggressor’s capacity to restore and develop its naval forces,” HUR noted
The agency added that while Ukraine’s Defense Forces have forced Russia’s Black Sea Fleet to operate from ports and more distant coastal areas, targeting the country’s shipbuilding sector remains essential to curbing its military potential beyond the Black Sea.
“Although Ukraine’s Defense Forces have forced the enemy’s Black Sea Fleet to hide in ports and remote coastal zones, restricting its shipbuilding industry is key to depriving Russia of the means to project aggression in other regions of the world, including the Baltic Sea,” the statement said.
The findings on Russia’s shipbuilding sector come amid broader concerns about gaps in sanctions targeting other parts of its military-industrial complex.
Nearly one-third of Russian companies involved in producing components for the Su-34 fighter-bomber remain outside Western sanctions, potentially allowing continued access to foreign technologies and parts.
On March 16, the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said it had published new data on manufacturers linked to the Su-34 on its War&Sanctions portal.
According to the agency, a significant number of firms in the aircraft’s production chain have not been targeted by restrictions imposed by the sanctions coalition.
HUR identified 79 Russian enterprises connected to the production of the Su-34 and its key systems.
“Almost a third of them are not under restrictions by any of the countries of the sanctions coalition and therefore may continue to have access to necessary foreign components and technologies,” the agency said.
Ukrainian intelligence has also published new data on Russia’s missile development, highlighting its continued reliance on foreign components.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense said it had declassified the structural design and internal components of Russia’s newly deployed “Izdeliye-30” cruise missile, revealing its dependence on foreign microelectronics.
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