Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to Hold Hearing on Use of U.S. Microchips in Russian Weapons Systems
Days after the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, PSI will hear from experts and review new data obtained as part of ongoing inquiry into Russia’s use of U.S. technology to fuel its war
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Today Tuesday, February 27 at 10:00 AM the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) will hold a hearing titled “The U.S. Technology Fueling Russia’s War in Ukraine: How and Why.” The hearing marks the Subcommittee’s first public discussion of its ongoing inquiry into how American-manufactured semiconductors continue to be found in Russian weapons systems, despite export controls implemented since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine two years ago.
Ahead of the hearing, PSI Chair, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), circulated a staff memorandum among his Subcommittee colleagues providing a summary of the inquiry and its findings thus far. A copy of the memo is available here.
Earlier this month, Blumenthal attended the Munich Security Conference and traveled to Lviv, Ukraine where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and discussed his concerns regarding the use of American-manufactured technology in Russian weapons systems.
Today’s hearing will include testimony from the following witnesses:
- James Byrne: Director of the Open-Source Intelligence and Analysis Research Group at the Royal United Services Institute;
- Damien Spleeters: Deputy Director of Operations at Conflict Armament Research; and
- Elina Ribakova: Director of the International Affairs Program and Vice President for foreign policy at the Kyiv School of Economics.
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