The United States recognized Russia's ability to support the defense industry, despite sanctions

Sanctions do not prevent RUSSIA from resuming military production, US Secretary of the Army Wormuth said. Putin reported significant growth in the defense industry. By February 24, the West introduced new sanctions relating to this UAV industry at a defense industry enterprise in Udmurtia

Russia has shown its ability to maintain its military-industrial complex (DIC), despite sanctions imposed by the West, US Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth said at a meeting with the Washington Defense Writers Group, TASS reports .

“At the systemic level, we see that they are able to restore their industrial base, despite all the sanctions,” the minister said.

According to Wormuth, the strength of the US ground forces lies at the "individual" level, that is, the US military is more "agile, entrepreneurial, able to take the initiative."

According to Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, Russian troops are “learning and making adjustments” during combat operations, including with regard to drones and electronic warfare.

President Vladimir Putin said in early February that production output at defense industry enterprises had increased significantly. According to him, the work they do is “colossal, as they say, in three shifts, continuously.” “Production volumes are constantly growing: day by day, week by week, month by month. Over the year, a number of indicators increase not by percentages, but by several times,” the president noted.

Both the US and the EU are imposing sanctions against Russia aimed at reducing its military production. Thus, the latest package of EU sanctions included a ban on the EXPORT to Russia of possible components for the development and production of drones, including electrical transformers, static converters and inductors; as well as for the supply of aluminum constant-capacity capacitors, which, according to Brussels, are used for military purposes.

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Washington's latest sanctions hit more than 300 predominantly Russian companies on the grounds that they operated in a Russian industry that supports the country's "military industrial base." For cooperation with such companies, foreign banks will face secondary sanctions.

Russia considers the sanctions imposed against it illegal. The Kremlin did not see anything new in the latest sanctions, but noted that they harm the economies of the states introducing them.