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13 Mar 2023

Western-made components found in weapons used in Russia’s suspected Ukraine war crimes, new investigation reveals

A new report by the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission (NAKO) and International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) found various Western-made components in Russian weapons (9K720 Iskander; Kh-101; 3M-14 Kalibr (SS-N-30A; Tornado S 9K515 MLRS) used in the war in Ukraine.

The analysis is based on case studies of suspected war crimes, followed by the weapon used in each case study, before finally identifying the components found in such weapons and the branding on them. The case study includes 9 attacks which happened between March 2022 and February 2023.

We reached out to 23 companies mentioned in the report. Texas Instrument, Analog Devices, Traco Power, HALO Electronics, Microchip Technology, NXP, Marvell Technology, STMicroelectronics and Intel responded. Integrated Device Technology, Advanced Micro Devices, Cypress Semiconductor, Spansion Inc., Xilinx, M-Tron, Mini-Circuits, Harting, Zilog, Anderson Electronics, Vicor, Motorola, Nexperia and VBsemi did not respond.

Company responses and non-responses are available below.

Company Responses

Texas Instruments View Response
Traco Power Company View Response
HALO Electronics View Response
Microchip Technology View Response
NXP Semiconductors View Response
Analog Devices View Response
Marvell Technology View Response
Integrated Device Technology (part of Renesas)

No Response

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

No Response

Cypress Semiconductor (part of Infineon)

No Response

Spansion (part of Infineon)

No Response

Xilinx

No Response

M-Tron

No Response

Mini-Circuits

No Response

Zilog

No Response

Anderson Electronics (part of Lokos Electronics)

No Response

Vicor Corporation

No Response

Motorola Solutions

No Response

Nexperia

No Response

VBsemi

No Response

STMicroelectronics View Response

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