This March 28 article corrects the headline paragraph 1. It is clear that DJI denies providing Russia with data via drones and that it was being used for its military purposes.

By Eduardo Baptista

BEIJING (Reuters), – Chinese drone maker DJI denies leaking Russian military information to Russia. A German retailer cited the same information as the reason it pulled its products from shelves.

After Friday’s (NYSE: ) announcement that MediaMarkt had removed German electronic and home appliances company MediaMarkt, it rejected the request. MediaMarkt said the decision was in response to “information coming from different sources”, though it didn’t give any details.

Tweets from the Chinese firm stated that DJI supports civilian drone applications which benefit society. MediaMarkt also claimed that MediaMarkt’s accusations were “utterly false”.

The statement on Saturday stated, “We oppose any use that causes harm to the lives of peoples’ rights or interests.”

MediaMarkt operates more than 800 shops in Europe and Turkey. It did not disclose what information it received regarding DJI.

It stated on Friday that it had taken prompt action to remove the manufacturer from its product range until further notice.

MediaMarkt replied to user that accused DJI deleaking GPS data of Ukrainian military locations to Russia.

It added, “We will carefully examine additional indications and developments.”

This was “a clear signal that the values that are most important to us” had been described by it. It also saw the attack on its “aggressive war against Ukraine” from Russia.

The drone company’s users range from amateur photographers to U.S. firefighters.

This is the result of Russia invading Ukraine more than one month ago. Moscow describes it as a “special military operations”.

Although Western companies have withdrawn from Russia out of protest, DJI has continued to operate, following the example of Beijing, which refrains from criticizing Moscow for its invasion.

Mykhailo Federorov, Ukraine’s minister of digital transform, stated on March 16 that he had written Frank Wang, DJI founder, a request to severe ties. Wang accused Russia’s troops of using DJI products to navigate missiles that would kill civilians in Ukraine.

DJI replied on Twitter the next day that their products were not suitable for military use.