Reported investigation into use in Ukraine despite ban on direct sale of arms and dual-use components follows thinktank findings

Ministers are to investigate whether British-made components identified as being used in Russian weapons systems are being deployed in Ukraine.

A report by the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) said that research conducted by the Ukrainian armed forces of Russian weapons systems recovered from the battlefield showed a “consistent pattern” of dependence on foreign-made components, in some cases British.

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