Western components found in Russia’s latest Okhotnik drone – Ukrainian intel

This information was reported by Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR), as per Ukrinform.

“An analysis of the structure of the Russian S-70 Okhotnik UAV, which was downed on October 5, 2024, near Kostiantynivka, showed that the aggressor state used components manufactured by Western companies to build this weapon, despite international sanctions,” stated the HUR report.

The evidence has been made available on the War&Sanctions portal.

The analysis revealed that the Okhotnik drone contained microelectronics and other technogical components from several Western companies, including Analog Devices, Texas Instruments, and Xilinx-AMD (USA), Infineon Technogies (Germany), STMicroelectronics (Switzerland)

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This finding underscores Russia’s continued ability to source high-tech components for its military hardware, despite sanctions aimed at restricting access to such technogies.

According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russia has develed four prototypes of the S-70 Okhotnik UAV, with each unit costing approximately USD 15 million. The Okhotnik is not only a shisticated drone but also a carrier of UMPB D-30 aviation bombs, which Russian forces have been deploying to target and destroy civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.

As reported bt Ukrinform earlier, in October, President Vodymyr Zelensky reported that Ukrainian forces were facing daily drone attacks, particularly from Shahed drones, which contained around 170,000 foreign components.