New anti-Russian sanctions announced by the United States in connection with a chemical attack in Salisbury, the UK, in March will make it possible to significantly limit the capabilities of the Russian defense industry to create new types of weapons used against Ukraine and lower the military potential of the Russian Federation, experts from the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies (CACDS) believe.

The estimates of the Ukrainian analytical center are posted on the center's website in connection with the upcoming launch of a new package of anti-Russian sanctions.

"The new sanctions list will deal a devastating blow to the Russian high tech industries, in particular, the defense industry complex. Taking into account the dependence of the Russian defense industry on foreign technologies and components, the sanctions could significantly limit the capabilities of the Russian defense industry to produce modern weapons," the military experts predict.

"In the period from 2010 to 2014, Russia carried out mass purchases of weapons abroad, in particular, it is advisable to cite the example of Orlan-10 drones (which actually consist of American, German and Japanese components), Forpost drones (Israel's Searcher drones), and Zastava drones (the Israeli Bird Eye 400 drones)," the center said, stressing that "all these drones, in particular, are used by the Russian Armed Forces in combat operations against Ukraine."