Based on an analysis of Telegram posts and materials from open sources, HunterBook journalists identified at least nine Russian military units accused of war crimes, or individuals linked to these units, who are using Ubiquiti equipment.

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A reporter posing as an officer responsible for military procurement contacted Russian suppliers and several official Ubiquiti distributors in various countries worldwide.

Nearly a dozen sellers agreed to sell the banned export equipment. One supplier even provided letters of appreciation, which, according to him, were received for supplying Ubiquiti equipment to the Russian military.

edit what is the big gotcha about HunterBooker shorting the company it is writing articles about and doing an investigation into? Of course that should be taken into account, but so should the seriousness of evidence here independent of the grey areas of HunterBooker. If the evidence is substantial, that line of response is tangential to the point.

related links on this developing story I have collected

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/investigation-80-of-russian-troops-linkups-on-the-front-line-produced-by-u-s-company-ubiquiti/

https://united24media.com/latest-news/us-made-ubiquiti-gear-powers-russian-military-networks-in-ukraine-despite-sanctions-15394

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/nba/grizzlies/2026/01/27/grizzlies-robert-pera-ubiquiti-russia-war-ukraine-hunterbrook-pablo-torres/88377135007/

https://www.truehoop.com/p/thinking-like-robert-pera

https://brobible.com/sports/article/memphis-grizzlies-owner-robert-pera-ubiquiti-networks-russia-ukraine/

https://www.basketballnetwork.net/latest-news/grizzlies-owner-robert-pera-linked-to-russias-alleged-crimes-against-humanity

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubiquiti/comments/1qob3dy/i_love_ubiquiti_but_are_they_complicit_in_russias/

https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1qptq67/ubiquiti_the_us_tech_enabling_russias_drone_war/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1qp6ot4/investigation_80_of_russian_troops_linkups_on_the/

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1qq9w3i/memphis_owner_allegations_getting_buried/

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Aw man. I’m gonna have to stop buying their shit, and stop recommending it to friends :(

Which somewhat sucks, because until learning this, I considered them to be a rather good network infra manufacturers - especially compared to the vast majority of the consumer-grade shit that is on the market these days.

Edit: depending on what I can dig up on whether it was a third party who sold that shit on (which is often how end-running sanctions works), I may rescind that opinion. Evidently there’s a private equity group that massively shorted them, and they’re trying to get smear pieces to sink the stock price? Idk, I need to research it more, but that also absolutely sounds like some bullshit a PE firm would do. GameStop round 2, anyone? 💎 🙌 🤪

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Aw man. I’m gonna have to stop buying their shit, and stop recommending it to friends :(

That's exactly what Hunter Capital wants. It's why they paid for the research that Hunter Media (the source of this article) did, why they spent more money to get a carefully written hit piece that pushes a narrative, and why they are spending even more money pushing this into the media.

Hunter Capital shorted UIs stock and they NEED the price to drop so they can make money. There's a much longer article out there but even it is hit piece meant to leave the reader with the impression that Ubiquiti is somehow directly involved in this or doing nothing about it, both of which are false.

[+] azimir@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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[–] hayvan@piefed.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, their hardware is pretty good. It's not your fault for using that before this reveal.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 0 points 2 months ago

This isn't a "reveal", it's a hit piece funded by Hunter Capital. They shorted Ubiquiti's stock and they NEED the share price to go down so they can make money.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

This article is based on a hit piece written by Hunter Media which is owned by Hunter Capital...who has shorted UIs stock. They need UIs stock price to go down so they can make money. There's a much longer article out there with Hunter Media's research but even that is meant to leave the reader with the impression that UI is up to no good.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 9 points 2 months ago

war profiteers over humans....fucking scum.

https://www.ui.com/

https://x.com/ubiquiti

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

A reporter posing as an officer responsible for military procurement contacted Russian suppliers and several official Ubiquiti distributors in various countries worldwide.

Nearly a dozen sellers agreed to sell the banned export equipment. One supplier even provided letters of appreciation, which, according to him, were received for supplying Ubiquiti equipment to the Russian military.

Official distributors, including the American company Multilink Solutions, agreed to arrange delivery to third countries, such as Turkey, with the possibility of self-pickup – even after the customer explicitly mentioned being located in Russia.

According to trade record analysis conducted by HunterBook, the total value of Ubiquiti shipments crossing into Russia increased by 66% after the full-scale invasion, despite sanctions and export controls imposed by the U.S. and the EU.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So that explains why it's so hard to get their hardware at reasonable prices.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not unless you are buying Power or Nano beams. The equipment being used by Russian forces is the stuff that WISPs use, not the stuff that most people use at home or even their business.

You also need to know that the source for these allegations is Hunter Media which is owned by Hunter Capital and that Hunter Capital shorted Ubiquiti's stock...which means they need UIs share price to go down so they can make money.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

And there's the real answer