Ukrainians sue US chip firms for powering Russian drones, missiles

Photo caption: On July 8, 2024, Ohmatdyt, the largest Ukrainian children’s hospital in Kyiv, was hit by a brutal Russian attack. The hospital’s intensive care, surgery, and oncology departments have been damaged. Photo credit: Vitalii Yurasov / the Collection of war.ukraine.ua. Article by Ashley Belanger. Ars Technica – December 12, 2025.

Lawsuits may force Intel, AMD, and Texas Instruments to do more to control chip supply chains.

Dozens of Ukrainian civilians filed a series of lawsuits in Texas this week, accusing some of the biggest US chip firms of negligently failing to track chips that evaded export curbs. Those chips were ultimately used to power Russian and Iranian weapon systems, causing wrongful deaths last year. […]

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