Czech-made Russian drone engine found in Ukraine

The Kyiv Independent, an English-language Ukrainian online newspaper, has published pictures of a Russian drone, the engine of which bears the inscription "Made in Czech Republic". The pictures were taken by a Ukrainian soldier who found the drone near the front at Bakhmut.

The Czech company that manufactured the engine, AXI Model Motors, has responded by saying that it had never supplied engines for Russian weapons and that it has not been producing this type of engine for at least a year. When asked by the Czech news site Deník N how the engine got to Russia, the company said that it was apparently resold to the country through a third party or company.