The US Treasury and State Departments sanctioned more than 250 companies and individuals in China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, alleging that their continuing support for Russia has been crucial to sustaining its invasion of Ukraine.

The measures take aim at what the US agencies calls Russia’s procurement network, a loose coalition of companies that help keep it supplied with cutting-edge technology and weapons in violation of American sanctions and export controls. Despite penalties levied on Russia after its invasion, the US and its allies have struggled to keep these goods from entering the Russian market.

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