Components manufactured by Western companies were found in the latest Russian UAV S-70 “Okhotnik” that was shot down on October 5 near Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region.
As Ukrinform reports, this was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
“Analysis of the structure of the Russian S-70 Okhotnik UAV, which was shot down on October 5, 2024 near Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region, showed that the aggressor state, despite sanctions, used components manufactured by Western companies to create this weapon,” the report says.
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In particular, microelectronics and other technological components manufactured by Analog Devices, Texas Instruments and Xilinx-AMD (USA), Infineon Technologies (Germany), and STMicroelectronics (Switzerland) were found in the Okhotnik.
The GUR noted that Russia had four prototypes of the S-70 UAV. The cost of such a Russian “Hunter” is about 15 million dollars.
“The S-70 UAV is, among other things, a carrier of the UMPB D-30 aerial bombs, which the Russians drop to destroy the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine,” the intelligence service emphasized.