The international company Yukon is covertly supplying russia with thermal imaging cameras which are being used in the war in Ukraine. Despite this, the company itself insists that it supports Ukraine and does not supply goods to russia.
This is highlighted in an investigation by the Scanner Project.
The publication writes that on 1 February 2023, the head of North Ossetia, Sergey Miniaylo, provided Pulsar thermal imaging cameras produced by Yukon to the 19th Motorised Rifle Division. The company itself stated that it only produced civilian products and did not sell them in conflict zones.
However, russian "war correspondents" have repeatedly mentioned the use of Pulsar thermal imaging cameras in conflict zones. As early as 2014, russian war criminal Igor Girkin recorded a video message thanking for the Pulsar thermal imaging cameras supplied to him.
After the onset of a full-scale invasion, the company announced that it had withdrawn from the markets in russia and Belarus, yet propaganda channels have repeatedly called for donations for these thermal imaging cameras.
Journalists point out that the company's headquarters are registered in Lithuania, 64% of the shares belong to the Belarusian Alexander Olshevsky, and the rest to the company's management. In addition to manufacturing in Belarus, Yukon has subsidiaries in Latvia, the United Kingdom, Poland, Ukraine, and russia.
Investigators claim that the company sells its products through its subsidiary Mezon-A, located in Smolensk. Last year, the company sold goods worth 417 million rubles, of which 300 million were transferred to the Belarusian division under a loan agreement.