the Walter Cronkite school of
journalism at Arizona state
university.
Geoff: Ukraine suffered missile
strikes, part of a deadly summer
of attacks.
Many of the cruise missiles
wouldn't be able to find their
targets without the help of
American companies.
His investigation is supported
by the pulitzer center.
>> In a village about 25 miles
north of the Ukrainian city,
military officers show us the
remains of a Russian missile
strike.
It's a scene that has become
familiar in over 500 days of
war.
This was shot down by an air
defense system.
These officers collect the
fragments and bring them back to
the capital analysis.
They have granted us access to
film their work so we can find
out where the components that
help these missiles find their
targets come from.
This looks like it might be the
flight control unit.
It would be interesting to get a
look at it when it's brought
back to the laboratory.
Motherboards like these we find
western made microchips.
>> She runs a hospital lab on
the others of Ukraine.
Last month, she lost the thing
most dear to her.
>> I had an only daughter.
I raised her.
I educated her.
They took away my meaning of
life.
>> A barrage of missiles rained
down on the city, hitting this
apartment building where they
slept.
>> With the neighbors were
escaping, everyone knocked on
the door.
It was jammed.
They heard nothing.
That was it.
>> 13 people were killed in the
attack.
>> As a mother, I blame myself.
A mother's mission is to keep
her safe.
Why didn't I feel there was
danger?
>> You can't blame yourself.
>> Russia's ability to fire
long-range missiles has brought
the terror of war two cities far
from fighting.
Air raid sirens shake the calm
of peaceful cities.
One of the most commonly used
was an air paint launched kh one
designed to carry tactical
nukes.
It is fitted with a conventional
warhead and upgraded guidance
system.
When fired in densely populated
cities, it may be committing a
war crime.
Does blame and there?
Officials leave that companies
whose components are found in
numerous missiles need to be
held to account.
>> This is the factory
identifier.
The 315 is characteristic.
>> We are at a secret location
where technicians analyze
weapons recovered from the
battlefield.
The fragments have been right
here.
They cut the flight control unit
out of this.
>> If you look at the outer
casing, you see Russian writing.
It looks like a Russian
computer.
Once you start looking at
motherboards inside, then you
start to see what the brains of
this machine are made of.
It is full of American
components.
>> This is analog devices.
Texas instruments.
>> We found products made by
five American companies.
The most recent was this
microchip made by Santa Clara
California in 2020.
They said they had no record of
the sale of the chip and
suspected the markings may have
been altered.
Microchips have turned up in kh
101's.
They were recovered from a
missile shot down in March 2023.
>> Russia lost the
microelectronics war and this is
how it's trying to get by.
They may be getting these
through contraband or
stockpiles.
All of the mathematics of this
missile are in one computer.
Without one chip, they could not
assemble it.
>> They have been able to
assemble it, even though
sanctions have been in place for
almost a decade.
I asked the director general for
economic diplomacy that the
ministry of foreign affairs what
the U.S. And allies were doing
wrong?
>> They are cautious with their
enforcement.
This should be explained, what
will be the punishment.
We see the lack of this
conversation.
>> James Byrne echoed the
Ukrainian view that there was
little obvious enforcement of
Russian sanctions.
>> We did have huge fines for
some of the financial
institutions.
It is certainly a possibility
something like this could
happen.
If it emerges that some
companies did not follow any due
diligence.
>> According to the records, the
onboard computer is made by a
Russian computer maker.
It's a cost of $9,000 each.
>> The central research
institute purchased 20 of the
units in 2019.
>> We sent pictures of the
microchips we found to their
manufacturers to ask them who
they were sold to in order to
expose the supply chain.
>> We are much more than one of
the leading semi conductor
providers.
>> American technology giant
Texas instruments who are
turning up in multiple platforms
voted down a proposal to report
on the misuse of products.
>> The board of directors
recommended to vote against the
proposal because of belief that
the company already had a
sufficiently robust compliance.
>> >> Supply change can increase
costs.
That really is something that a
lot of manufacturers should look
closely at.
These are still ending up.
>> Texas instruments said it
does not support or condone the
use of its products in
applications for which they
weren't designed.
In the meantime, she consoled
herself that accountability will
come to the people.
>> The people who do this, they
must understand that innocent
people are killed.
I am not filled with hate.
I believe that people who ring
people will get what they
deserve.
>> Demands to take more
responsibility to go after those
are only going to grow louder.