The missile that hit the Russians at Okhmatdyt may contain more than 50 foreign-made parts

X-101 rocket. Illustrative photo from open sources

The X-101 missile, which the Russians used to target Okhmatdyt on July 8, has Western components. This shows that Russia is successfully evading sanctions.

The British newspaper Financial Times writes about this with reference to experts and Ukrainian officials.

The X-101 is one of the most modern Russian winged aircraft. Experts claim that the rocket may contain more than 50 different parts of foreign production.

The publication also indicates that this missile is of crucial importance for the strengthening of the Russian air strike campaign against Ukraine.

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Russia now produces almost eight times as many X-101s as it did before the full-scale invasion began, and their production is still dependent on components from Western countries, including the United States.

«Western technology allows them to create these smarter missiles that allow their terrorist attacks to bypass our weak air defenses,» says Olena Bilousova, head of sanctions research at the KSE Institute in Kyiv.

The publication also notes that the sanctions deprived the Russian Federation of access to some advanced components. However, the Russians use microprocessors and other advanced technologies not intended for military use.

For example, 16 units of Western-made electronics were found in the Kh-101 missile launched in January. Two of the components were labeled as manufactured by the Swiss company STMicroelectronics, while the others were manufactured by US chip manufacturers, including Texas Instruments, Analog Devices and Intel.

In general, the entire X-101 missile can contain more than 50 different parts of foreign production.

We will remind that the «Okhmatdyt» children's hospital in Kyiv was destroyed by a Russian X-101 cruise missile launched by a bomber during a massive missile attack on Ukraine.

Earlier it was reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China denies the supply to Russia of Chinese components and accessories for the production of weapons, which the aggressor country uses in the war against Ukraine.

It was also reported that since the beginning of the invasion, as of November 2023, Avia Fed Service had supplied the Russians with at least $7.3 million worth of spare parts — and most of the $4.1 million worth of spare parts came from Ukraine.