Russia's missile that destroyed Okhmatdet was based on Western components – FT

The Russian missile it used to destroy Okhmatdyt is based on Western components – FT Irina Martsiyash

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The Russian Kh-101 missile that destroyed the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv is based on Western-made components. This indicates that the Kremlin is successfully circumventing sanctions.

The Financial Times newspaper writes about this, citing experts and Ukrainian officials.

The Russian missile that destroyed Okhmatdyt is based on Western components

Caught on camera in a second before she was admitted to a cancer hospital on Monday, the Kh-101 is one of Russia's most advanced cruise missiles and is critical to bolstering its campaign of air strikes on Ukraine.

Western technology allows them (the Russians – Channel 24) to build these smart missiles that allow their terrorist attacks to get past our weak air defenses,” said Elena Belousova, senior sanctions fellow at the KSE Institute in Kiev.

According to an analysis by the Office of the President of Ukraine, which was obtained by FT, the X-101 missile may contain more than 50 different foreign-made parts.

Without them (components – Channel 24) Russia would not be able to produce weapons. Unfortunately, the enemy is circumventing sanctions restrictions and control needs to be strengthened. It is necessary to shout about this, because these missiles are flying at people, at children. These are instruments of genocide, wrote Andrey Ermak.

What they write in FT about the rocket and its components

The newspaper writes that although sanctions have cut Russia off from some advanced components, the Kremlin's defense sector has turned to microprocessors and other advanced technologies not intended for military use. This transition is clear from the Ukrainian analysis of the Kh-101 missile, which was launched in January. At that time, 16 pieces of Western-made electronics were found inside the rocket.

The FT noted that 2 components were labeled as being manufactured by the Swiss company STMicroelectronics, headquartered in Switzerland, and the rest were American chip manufacturers, including Texas Instruments, Analog Devices and Intel.

All products are intended primarily for civilian use, some of which are quite old.

A Financial Times analysis of Russian documents shows how Russian companies in 2023 were able to obtain parts identical to those used in January's X-101 simply by purchasing them at open market and imported through China.

Although the Russian documents indicate that the parts were manufactured by Western manufacturers, they are all indicated as having been manufactured in China, Malaysia, the Philippines , Taiwan or Thailand.