Contained over 30 foreign components: new data emerges on Iskander missile that struck Cabinet building
Photo: aftermath of strike on Cabinet building (facebook.com/kmathernova)
The Iskander missile that struck the Cabinet building contained more than 30 foreign components, including parts of US, UK, and Japanese manufacture, according to a Facebook post by Vladyslav Vlasiuk, the Ukrainian president’s commissioner for sanctions policy.
"The fuel ignited. The warhead did not detonate, likely due to the missile being hit. All exact answers will come," Vlasiuk wrote.
According to him, the examined Iskander missile contained:
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35 US-made components,
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1 Japanese,
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1 British,
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1 Swiss,
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5 Belarusian,
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57 Russian.
Among the foreign manufacturers identified: Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, Altera (US), College Electronics Ltd (UK), Fujitsu (Japan), Traco Power (Switzerland), Integral (Belarus), Mikron, Strela Production Association, Angstrem, Research and Design Bureau Exiton, Karachev Electrodetal Plant (Russia).
"Compared to missiles from previous years, there are fewer components from Europe and the US, and more from Russia and Belarus. All this information has been provided to partners for sanctions response," Vlasiuk noted.
Earlier, RBC-Ukraine reported that Russian forces used an Iskander cruise missile, not a Shahed drone, in the overnight strike on the Cabinet of Ministers on September 7.
The warhead did not explode. The fire on the upper floors of the Cabinet building broke out due to ignited rocket fuel.
EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarina Mathernova also confirmed that an Iskander missile was used in the strike.
"I saw it with my own eyes: Putin knows exactly what he’s doing. The Iskander ballistic missile that hit the Cabinet of Ministers was aimed directly there, at the very heart of Ukraine’s government. We were shown large fragments of the missile itself, and numerous pieces from the cluster munition built into the Iskander," she said.
On September 8, the President’s Office also confirmed the Iskander strike.
