UKRAINE, Aug 28 — PBS Velká Bíteš, a Czech manufacturer of power units and other aerospace equipment, denied the information that Russia used their engine in Geran-3 drones during the attack on Kyiv on August 28.

Over the night on August 28, Russian forces hit Ukraine with 629 air attack weapons, including drones and missiles, said the Ukrainian Air Forces.

The Clash Report said that some of the Russian attack drones used to attack Kyiv contain components from the Czech Republic, Germany, and China.

Clash added that Geran-3 kamikaze drones were equipped with jet engines and capable of high speed. One was, according to them, the PBS TJ40-G2 engine, producing 400 Newtons of thrust, manufactured by PBS Velká Bíteš in the Czech Republic.

PBS Velká Bíteš categorically rejected the Clash Report’s claims and said that the engine in the photo is not a PBS TJ40-G2.

“Since the start of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, PBS GROUP has not delivered any products to Russia, and we trade exclusively with vetted customers,” said the company.

The Kyiv Prosecutor’s Office and Security Services told Gwara Media that it’s hard to identify the origins of such details because the investigation into weapons used to attack Kyiv is still ongoing.

The PBS Group has been cooperating with Ukrainian defense companies for a long time.

In 2024, Pavel Čechal, executive director of PBS Group, reported that the Ukrainian company, in collaboration with PBS, has completed the development of the AI-PBS-350 jet engine and has already begun production.

Clash Report also said that Geran-3 had SW400 pro engines of Chinese origin and a German Bosch 0-580 fuel pump, typically used in civilian cars. Gwara Media’s journalists could not independently verify this information.

Updated at 7:20 p.m. on Aug 28: The headline clarified. A sentence saying that GM’s journalists couldn’t independently determine the origins of the Russian Geran-3 components was added.

Read more

  • Russia attacks 7 settlements in Kharkiv Oblast over past day, injures 6

This August, Gwara celebrated its 10th anniversary. Whatever awaits Ukraine in Russia’s war, our Kharkiv-based newsroom plans to keep reporting on it. Please, support our journalism by buying us a coffee or subscribing to our Patreon.