Ukrainian anti-graft agency uncovers over 40 non-Russian components in X-59 missiles
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42 foreign-made parts and various components have been found in Russian X-59 air-launched missiles, the National Agency on Corruption Prevention reported on Jan. 5.
The Russian forces used such a missile in particular during the attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kropyvnytskyi.
The Russian military has recently been increasingly using these types of missiles during assaults on Ukraine, the NACP said.
For example, on Jan. 4, Russians hit an energy facility in Kropyvnytskyi, killing one person and injuring eight others.
"We cannot allow foreign technologies and components to continue to become part of aggressors' weapons and kill civilians around the world," the statement reads.
Earlier media reports indicated that the United States and Switzerland are the largest producers of components for Russian weapons used in the war against Ukraine.
Newsweek wrote that Russia is actively importing critical components from the West to produce weapons in circumvention of sanctions. Many of the parts go through China, with more than 60% of imported components coming from U.S. companies.
The United States arrested a Russian citizen on Sept. 19 for his alleged involvement in a scheme to smuggle dual-use microelectronics made in the United States to Russia.
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