(Tokyo News) The Japanese Economic News said that although the Chinese government has repeatedly denied Russia's military support, the investigation found that Russia used the drone used in the Ukrainian war from Chinese companies for several months.
Nikkei, including the Indian investigation company EXIM Trade Data and Export Genius, have obtained Russian customs records and analyzed the freight situation from China to Russia.
Analysis shows that from December 2022 to April 2023, at least 37 Russian enterprises were imported at least 37 sets of "Special Military Operations" at a price of $ 103,000 (about S $ 13,300).The drone."Special Military Operations" is the official language of Moscow on the Ukrainian war.
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine 16 months ago, Beijing officials have repeatedly denied that weapons were provided to Russia for invasion operations.Despite the increase in the number of drones imported from China from China, Beijing has always denied that the exported drones are used for Ukraine battlefields.
But according to the Nikkei survey, the weapon transfer path of the two countries may be carried out between enterprises.
For a few months, the Russian -Russian enterprise has quietly filled out the customs documents from Chinese imports from China. This includes the drone produced by the innovation of DJI, the largest drone manufacturer in China, which is sanctioned by the United States. It is also marked as war.It is unclear whether the Chinese enterprise or the Chinese government knows the drone customs records filled out by Russia.
These drones can carry items, with a take -off weight of 25 kg to 150 kg.Gu Guzhi, a professor of Qingying University, who is engaged in drone image analysis, pointed out that large drones can be used for reconnaissance tasks, and they can be used for attacks if they are modified.Smaller DJI Mavic 3 can be used to collect emotion.
Nikkei also found that Russian enterprises purchased 22 equipment to detect and interfere with drones and 10 solid laptop computers. Customs documents called them "military use".
In addition, according to customs records, in January and March this year, 34 DJI manufactured by DJI and a total value of $ 75,100 was transported to Russia, of which 24 were Mavic 3 models.
DJI said in a statement issued to Nikkei that the company cannot verify these customs records and denies that the company in the record is DJI dealer.
One of the Russian companies Status Compliances was asked about customs records about imported drones, and they were initially unclear that they had these orders, and the company denied the purchase after taking out detailed transaction information that day.
