Ukraine invasion: Chinese drone maker DJI denies its products are used by Russian army after European retail giant removes them
- German multinational retail chain MediaMarkt says it has removed DJI merchandise from its shelves
- DJI says all its products are designed for civilian purposes and cannot meet military requirements
Chinese drone maker DJI denied accusations that the Russian army had been deploying the company’s drones for military activities in Ukraine after a German retail giant took down its products.
“We are aware that on 24 and 25 March social media accounts of our business partners were subject to what appeared to be a coordinated campaign making false allegations against DJI via thousands of spam messages containing the same content,” the Shenzhen-based company said on Monday.
“The allegations made against us are not based on facts and are utterly untrue.”
The response came after German multinational retail chain MediaMarkt announced on Friday that it had removed DJI merchandise from its shelves owing to allegations on Twitter that the Russian military was using products and data from the Chinese firm to attack Ukraine.
Accusations that DJI drones were being used in the Ukraine war started to surface on the internet earlier this month.