US microchip makers Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc., along with distributor Mouser Electronics, have been sued in Texas by Ukrainian civilians who say their chips ended up in Russian missiles and Iranian-made drones used in deadly attacks on Ukraine, according to Bloomberg on December 10.
Five civil lawsuits were filed in Dallas County state court on Wednesday, accusing the companies of “domestic corporate negligence” and “deliberate ignorance” for allegedly allowing sanctioned semiconductor components to be diverted through intermediaries to Russia and Iran in violation of US export controls.
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The complaints, brought on behalf of more than a dozen Ukrainian civilians, cite five missile and drone strikes between 2023 and 2025 that they say killed or wounded dozens of people in Ukrainian cities.
According to the filings, components traced to Intel, AMD and Texas Instruments were recovered from the wreckage of Russian Kh-101 cruise missiles, Iskander ballistic missiles and Iranian-made drones used in those attacks.
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One of the cases centers on the July 8, 2024 strike on Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, where plaintiffs include two mothers whose children were undergoing kidney dialysis and medical staff who were injured while evacuating patients to a shelter.
In all five lawsuits, the plaintiffs seek more than $1 million each in damages, alleging the defendants failed to operate effective export-control and due diligence systems despite repeated public evidence that Western-made chips were appearing in Russian weapons.
The lawsuits were filed under Texas state law rather than federal or Ukrainian law, with the plaintiffs arguing that wartime conditions make Ukrainian courts unsafe and that Texas is an appropriate jurisdiction because all the companies have headquarters or major offices in the state.
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Intel, AMD and Texas Instruments have previously said they suspended sales to Russia after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and that they comply with all sanctions and export-control rules, including requiring distributors and customers to follow those restrictions.
Earlier, it was reported that Russia continues to obtain US-manufactured chips and semiconductors via the online store of a Dallas-based producer, enabling sanctioned military contractors to receive components later found in missiles, drones and other weapon systems used against Ukraine.
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