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The US Wanted to Keep Western Components From Reaching Russia. They’re Still Getting Through
Export controls are supposed to keep Western components away from Russia’s military, but Ukrainian investigators keep finding them in missile fragments.
Parts of rockets collected in front of a civilian apartment block in Vugledar, Ukraine, in June 2023.
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After a Russian missile hit the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, Ukrainian investigators found the navigation system had components made by four Western companies, including two in the US.