Secondary sanctions significantly reduce the supply of foreign components for weapons production for the aggressor state of russia.

Vadym Skibitskyi, the DIU representative, stated this during the "European Defense Industry: Prospects for Cooperation with the Ukrainian Defense Industry" conference organized by the We Build Ukraine think tank.

"The first step to be taken is to strengthen international sanctions. We can also see how the flow of relevant components to russia is decreasing. Also, the so-called secondary sanctions are hitting russia very hard," said Vadym Skibitskyi.

He explained that secondary sanctions aim to supply through third countries, companies, and other indirect supply schemes russia uses to obtain foreign parts for weapons production.

Vadym Skibitskyi also noted that many of the aggressor's military-industrial complex enterprises were subject to "kinetic and non-kinetic" influence.

"This includes the cybersphere, the information sphere, etc. It is impossible to stop production without influence," said the representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.

Preventing the supply of manufactured weapons directly to the russian occupation forces also remains an important area of work.

Vadym Skibitskyi emphasized that destroying the aggressor's arsenals and military depots requires powerful forces and means and called on partners to cooperate more closely in the fight against the russian military-industrial complex.