According to foreign media reports, due to the conflict with Ukraine and the Western arms embargo on Russia, the Russian defense industry has currently experienced serious problems, and many projects have been stalled due to a lack of imported key components.
During the Soviet era, Moscow distributed a large number of military-industrial enterprises in Ukraine; even after the collapse of the Soviet Union, military-industrial enterprises in Ukraine continued long-term cooperative relations with Russian military-industrial enterprises. However, since Ukraine-Russia relations experienced drastic changes last year due to the political situation in Kiev, Russia's annexation of Crimea, and Moscow's support for the separatist armed forces in eastern Ukraine, the cooperative relationship between Ukrainian military industrial enterprises and Russian enterprises has come to an abrupt end. 
In June 2014, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko officially issued a presidential decree requiring all domestic companies to terminate cooperative relationships with Russian companies. Among the many original Ukrainian-Russian cooperation projects, the design bureau of a large number of Antonov series large transport aircraft currently in service in Russia is located in Ukraine. The military embargo has caused the delivery of the new An-70 transport aircraft to be frozen, and the An-140 manufactured by Russian companies has also been forced to cease production.
In addition, during the Soviet era, Ukraine was an important rocket industry base, producing a large number of rocket and missile spare parts. Since Ukraine no longer provides relevant spare parts to Russia, Russia's "Roar" launch vehicle used to launch military satellites has also been unable to Launches were halted in February after receiving parts originally from Ukraine. In addition to the air force, Russian naval projects have also been hit. The latest ocean frigate model 22350, which was originally planned to start testing, was temporarily shelved due to the inability to obtain turbine engines designed and produced in Ukraine.
In the former Soviet Union, the military-industrial enterprises scattered in various union republics had their own specialties, and after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, they were not fully integrated by Russia for a long time. In addition, the Russian military industry has also become dependent on electronic components produced in Western countries over the past two to three decades - especially military computer components.
Although Russia inherited most of the legacy of the Soviet Union after the disintegration, it is not a complete industrial system. Coupled with more than two decades of deindustrialization, Russia today actually has no strong industrial capabilities. The only The highlight is the military industry, which is also relying on the Soviet Union. The missing parts must be imported spare parts, and most of these spare parts come from former republics like Ukraine and Europe and the United States. Today's Russia has become a country that possesses nuclear weapons but relies on exporting energy and raw materials. Compared with the powerful Soviet Empire, it is inexplicably ironic.
In the face of sanctions, the Russian government must take measures to fill the vacancy caused by Europe, the United States and Ukraine. At present, the only country that can fill this vacancy, both politically and technologically, is China. In fact, China has been exporting a large number of industrial products to Russia before, including high-grade military optical glass, and China's annual exports of automobile engines to Russia have already exceeded six figures.
As far as the current military industry of China and Russia is concerned, although Russia has a strong accumulation of technology and still has an advantageous position in many fields, in the long run, due to the lack of national strength, there is a lack of continuous investment in the military industry, especially from the Russian military. orders, the Russian military industry is still deteriorating. Under this circumstance, China, an industrial power, has become increasingly important. At present, it only imports parts and components from China, but it is obvious that in the near future, it is likely that complete Chinese manufacturing will appear in the Russian military sequence. Despite its arrogant national self-esteem, reality forces Russia to accept equipment from China.
