Russia has been actively cooperating with Chinese companies to bypass Western sanctions and ensure the production of drones used against Ukraine, Bloomberg reports. Documents reviewed by Bloomberg, including memos from the company,

"In total, over the past week, there were around 1,270 drones, 39 missiles, and nearly a thousand guided bombs," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday.

Ukraine said it struck a Russian air base on Saturday, while Russia continued to attack Ukraine with hundreds of drones overnight as part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that has dashed hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the more than 3-year-old war.