#SU-35

Despite more than a decade of sanctions, Western tech is still powering Russia’s deadliest weapons linked to deliberate strikes on Ukrainian civilians. A new investigation uncovered more than 1,100 foreign-made microchips inside Russia’s most advanced fighter jets: the Su-34 and Su-35.

Russia has begun using its newest long-range air-to-air missile in combat for the first time—and it could shift the aerial battlefield.

A top Russian academic and microelectronics expert has been implicated in a major sanctions-evasion scheme that funneled US-made chips into Russia’s military supply chain, including components used in Su-34 and Su-35 fighter jets deployed in the war against Ukraine.