The company has been accused of allowing Russians to track down a drone operator.
Chinese drone maker DJI has announced that it is temporarily suspending its business in Russia and Ukraine. A company statement said it wanted to make sure its drones were not used on the battlefield, according to Reuters.
Earlier, Ukrainian authorities and civilians accused DJI of allowing Russians to track down a drone operator. The company itself denied such accusations.
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A DJI spokesman said that the suspension of business in Russia and Ukraine was “not for that to make a statement about a country, and to make a statement about our principles. ” “DJI does not accept any use of our drones to cause harm, and we are temporarily suspending sales in these countries so that no one uses our drones in combat.”
Last month, DJI officials said they saw footage on the Internet showing that its products were used by the Russian military. However, she herself could not confirm or deny this information.
In early March, Ukrainian software architect Volodymyr Shimansky, citing sources in the APU, said that DJI had disabled an important function in Ukraine, providing for Russia has a significant advantage in air reconnaissance.
“The Russians are using this technology [Aeroscope – ed.] To track the positions of drone operators to aim artillery/missile fire at them. In other words, the Russians are using DJI technology to kill Ukrainian drone operators, “he said. can't.
Commenting on Szymanski's post, Adam Lisberg, DJI's chief representative in the United States, said the information was false and that the drone problems were due to technical problems.
these messages are false. We know about problems with some AeroScope devices in Ukraine; they may be associated with long-term loss of power/internet. But there is no deliberate action to lower AeroScope, “Lisberg said.
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