British Parts
Found on Downed Russian Drones in Ukraine and EU
British parts were reportedly found in Russian-made spy drones captured
by Ukrainian and Lithuanian troops. The part was discovered by researchers to
be one of the European kits found on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) deployed
in Ukraine and neighboring countries during a conflict in the Donbas region of
eastern Ukraine.
A three-year study by Conflict Armament Research (CAR),
funded by the European Union and the German government, suggests that the
Kremlin is using opaque supply lines to circumvent EU and US sanctions and
cannot buy military electronic components. The study tracked the flow of
weapons and military vehicles to Russian-backed separatists in Donbas, who have
fought the Ukrainian army since 2014.
One of the drones with British-made parts was captured by Ukrainian
defense and security forces near Mariupol, a coastal city in the Donetsk region
where the rebels founded a self-proclaimed republic. An autopsy of the device
by Conflict Armament Research (CAR) found an inertial sensor, a type of
measuring unit, manufactured by a British company named Silicon Sensing System
in the report. There is no suggestion that the company violated the law or knew
that its parts would be used for military purposes.
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