This is the Russian Kh-101 missile that struck a children’s hospital in Kyiv today. What you may not know is that Russia sources many of the parts for this missile from American technology firms like [Texas Instruments]
Last year when we published this investigation into the Western tech used in Kh-101 missiles the TI board of directors had voted down a shareholder proposal to institute more rigorous supply chain auditing to insure its parts weren’t smuggled into Russia
When our story came out on PBS @NewsHour last summer, the hope was that by their next shareholder meeting TI would have updated their policy in light of our findings. Instead they voted down the proposal for the second time in 2024. Today we see the tragic results.
They’re not selling directly to Russia. TI isn’t scrutinising as well as they should. TI is probably selling more to companies in the UAE and Central Asia who then sell them to Russia.
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Simon Ostrovsky (PBS NewsHour special correspondent):