Russian cruise missiles used in a deadly strike on Ukraine on Thursday were manufactured this year using Western-made components, according to Ukrainian presidential sanctions commissioner Vladyslav Vlasiuk.
Speaking to journalists, Vlasiuk said fragments recovered from missiles that struck a residential building in Kyiv, killing at least 24 people, showed parts of an Kh-101 cruise missile, one of Russia’s most advanced long-range weapons.
According to the Financial Times, the missile contained more than 100 components originating from Western countries.
An Kh-101 missile identical to the one that hit the residential building and examined after a Jan. 20 attack reportedly contained microchips from US brands including Texas Instruments, AMD and Kyocera AVX, as well as Germany’s Harting Technology Group and the Dutch company Nexperia.
Vlasiuk said the findings confirmed a trend showing that Russia is using missiles “straight off the assembly line.”
“Against this background, statements about possible short-term ‘ceasefires,’ during which weapons stockpiles are accumulated, look different,” Vlasiuk said.
He added that newly produced batches of Russian missiles still contain a significant share of Western-made components, some of which may have been manufactured in late 2025 and even in 2026.
At the same time, Vlasiuk said authorities had documented more than 10 cases over the past year in which supply channels delivering components to Russia worth millions of dollars had been disrupted, including shipments involving NVIDIA products.
“A year ago, the Russian side began actively integrating machine vision modules into drones, including certain Shahed modifications,” Vlasiuk said.
“At the same time, this technology did not become widespread. This is likely linked to the fact that during the same period, according to our data, US services managed to block part of the critical supplies. This is also confirmed by materials we have seen, including photos of seized shipments and logistics containers,” he added.
On Friday, 24 people, including three children, were confirmed killed in Russia’s Thursday attack on Kyiv after rescuers concluded the rescue operation at a destroyed residential building in the capital’s Darnytskyi district. Zelensky had vowed for a response following the attack.