Russia was able to attack Ukraine with a record number of drones on Tuesday night only because it bypasses sanctions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

“Last night, Russia attacked Ukraine, launching a record number of strike drones—188—against our people. I want to thank our defenders of the sky for repelling the attack. Around 80 drones were shot down, and more than 90 were lost due to location disruption. Unfortunately, there has been damage to our critical infrastructure,” Zelenskyy said on X Tuesday.

The President noted that the situation in Ternopil is difficult now, all services and repair crews are working on the ground. “We’are doing everything to assist people and restore electricity as quickly as possible,” Zelenskyy stressed.

He added that there are 85 foreign components in each of the 188 UAVs. “Each contains 85 foreign-made components—nearly 16,000 in total, without which they could not be launched. These attacks are possible only because of Russia’s ability to circumvent sanctions through various schemes,” the President noted.

Zelenskyy thanked everyone in the world who blocks such supplies, but added that more joint work is needed to ensure that sanctions work and force the Russian Federation to stop this war.

“If you are against the war, you must truly be against Russia’s circumvention of sanctions,” the head of state summed up.

As reported, the air defense forces of Ukraine shot down 76 enemy unmanned aerial vehicles out of 188 detected by Radio Technical troops of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Tuesday night.