The defense forces discovered a video of a camera test in the memory of a downed Russian Gerber drone. Ukrainian investigators have determined that the testing was carried out at the Chinese Viewpro factory.
The defense forces discovered a video of a camera test in the memory of a downed Russian Gerber drone. Ukrainian investigators have determined that the testing was carried out at the Chinese Viewpro factory.
«In the camera of another downed Gerbera, I found a video from a Chinese factory, where the operation of this camera was being tested», — said Ukrainian military and expert Serhiy «Flash» Bezkrestnov, who published the video footage.
According to the OSINT community " KyberBoroshno «, the drone was equipped with an A40 Pro camera manufactured by Viewpro. The company’s website indicates that the production is located in Shenzhen, in the Aotexing Science Park (Nanshan District). OSINTers have established that the video recording of the camera testing from the downed Russian drone was made in this very place.
«Although the address provided on the website is displayed incorrectly on Google Maps, after translating it into Chinese and checking it through Baidu, we confirmed the geolocation with 100% certainty. 22.554448, 113.944050,» the community noted.
Last month, it was reported that Chinese engines were being secretly supplied through shell companies to a state-owned drone manufacturer in Russia under the label «industrial refrigeration units» to avoid Western sanctions. They are used in the Harpy-A1 combat drones that Russia uses to attack Ukraine every month.
Earlier, a senior Ukrainian official, in a comment to Politico, stated that Russia is catching up with Ukraine in the production of drones thanks to greater financial resources, production far in the rear, and, especially, assistance from China. The issue was about equipment, electronics, navigation, optical and telemetry systems, engines, microcircuits, processor modules, antenna array systems, control boards, and navigation.
China has repeatedly denied supplying any drones or weapons components to Russia, calling the Ukrainian protests «baseless accusations and political manipulation.»
