By Elisabeth Gosselin-Malo

Oct 23

作者：伊丽莎白·戈塞林-马洛

2023年10月23日

 

Ukrainian volunteers give Ukrainian servicemen more than one hundred units of DJI Mavic 3 drones and FPV (First-Person View) kamikaze drones as part of the "Birds of Victory" charity campaign in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, on June 19, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Yuri Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images)

2023年6月19日，在俄罗斯军事打击乌克兰期间，在乌克兰西部城市利沃夫举行的“胜利之鸟”慈善活动中，乌克兰志愿者向乌克兰军人提供了100多架大疆Mavic 3无人机和FPV（第一人称视角）“神风无人机”。（由尤里·迪亚奇辛拍摄/法新社通过盖蒂图片公司拍摄）

 

MILAN — Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said the country’s forces are leaning heavily on Chinese DJI drones in the defense of their country, a claim that the manufacturer has since declared was news to them.

MILAN — 乌克兰总理丹尼斯·什米哈尔表示，乌克兰军队在本国防御时严重依赖中国大疆无人机，该制造商后来宣布这一说法对他们来说是个新闻。

 

The Oct. 8 statement made by Denys Shmyhal at the Kyiv International Economic Forum that Ukraine is effectively buying 60% of DJI’s global output of Mavic quadcopter drones, even though the vendor officially prohibits selling to militaries, highlights how commercial technology with military utility can permeate conflict zones practically unimpeded.

丹尼斯·什米哈尔于10月8日在基辅国际经济论坛上发表声明称，尽管供应商正式禁止向军队出售Mavic四旋翼无人机，但乌克兰实际上正在购买大疆全球产量的60%，这突显了具有军事用途的商业技术如何几乎不受阻碍地渗透到冲突地区。

 

Ukraine is also growing its own drone program, so it is hard to ascertain how reliant the country is on the small drones made in China, which has aligned itself with the attacker, Russia. In Europe, DJI Mavic-series drones sell on Amazon from €600 ($640) to several thousand euros, depending on the sophistication of the aircraft, onboard camera and user terminal interface.

乌克兰也在发展自己的无人机项目，因此很难确定该国对中国制造的小型无人机的依赖程度，因为中国与袭击者俄罗斯关系密切。在欧洲，大疆Mavic系列无人机在亚马逊上的售价从600欧元（640美元）到数千欧元不等，具体取决于飞机、机载摄像头和用户终端界面的复杂程度。

 

“We are utterly surprised by the statement by the Ukrainian prime minister as he has no insight into DJI’s production numbers,” a DJI spokesperson told Defense News. “The statement bears no resemblance to reality and is totally misleading with regards to DJI’s involvement in the use of its production in Ukraine.”

大疆发言人告诉《防务新闻》：“我们对乌克兰总理的声明感到非常惊讶，因为他对大疆的生产数据一无所知。”。“关于大疆参与使用其在乌克兰的生产，该声明与现实毫无相似之处，完全具有误导性。”

 

All DJI distributors and resellers are contractually obligated to certify periodically that they are adhering to the ban, according to the representative, or risk facing the termination of their business ties with the company. “We regret deeply that our consistently repeated public condemnation of our products being used in combat is not being acknowledged by various stakeholders.”

该代表表示，根据合同规定，所有大疆分销商和经销商都有义务定期证明他们遵守了禁令，否则将面临终止与公司业务关系的风险。“我们深感遗憾的是，我们一再公开谴责我们的产品被用于战斗，但却没有得到各利益相关者的承认。”

 

According to a recent New York Times report based on official Ukrainian and Russian customs data from a third-party provider, between January and June, Kyiv is estimated to have received “millions” of Chinese-made drones and spare parts, primarily coming from European intermediaries.

根据《纽约时报》最近的一篇报道，根据乌克兰和俄罗斯的官方海关数据，1月至6月，基辅估计收到了“数百万”中国制造的无人机和备件，主要来自欧洲中介机构。

 

In that same period, the article states, Chinese trading firms shipped no less than $14.5 million worth of drone equipment to Russia.

文章认为，在同一时期，中国贸易公司向俄罗斯运送了价值不低于1450万美元的无人机设备。

 

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense did not return a request for clarification about whether the prime minister’s comments referred to a government acquisition program or unofficial procurement channels.

乌克兰国防部没有回复澄清总理的评论是指政府采购计划还是非官方采购渠道的请求。

 

Ukraine’s allies have organized drone-support campaigns, often in the form of private donation drives, aimed at giving Kyiv’s forces an edge in drone-based surveillance and attack capabilities.

乌克兰的盟友组织了无人机支持活动，通常是以私人捐款的形式，旨在让基辅部队在无人机监视和攻击能力方面占据优势。

 

Meanwhile, Russian drone pilots and operators have been reported to learn flying Mavic drones at educational centers within the country.

与此同时，据报道，俄罗斯的无人机飞行员和操作员将在俄罗斯境内的教育中心学习驾驶Mavic无人机。

 

The Ukrainian business intelligence consultancy group Molfar identified one of these as “Pustelga,” which in several recent publications on its social media stated that training is provided on Mavic drones.

乌克兰商业情报咨询集团Molfar将其中一家确定为“Pustelga”，最近在其社交媒体上发表的几份出版物中表示，他们提供了关于Mavic无人机的培训。

 

Editor’s note: This article was updated to clarify the role of Russian drone training outfit “Pustelga,” as claimed by Molfar.

编者按：本文已更新，以澄清Molfar所称的俄罗斯无人机训练机构“Pustelga”的作用。