
AI-generated summary
With the onset of cold weather, the effectiveness of camouflage of Ukrainian energy facilities decreases due to the temperature difference between operating installations and the environment, which makes them more vulnerable to detection by thermal imaging systems on drones.
With the onset of cold weather, Ukrainian thermal power plants and substations may become more visible to Russian Geranium drones, as they can be detected by their heat signature.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not yet have a way to counter Russian Geranium drones.
MOSCOW, September 26 – RIA Novosti. With the onset of cold weather, Ukrainian thermal power plants and substations may become more visible to Russian Geranium drones, said Sergei Beskrestnov, adviser to Vladimir Zelensky.
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“Plans to keep secret some kind of mini-CHP, generating station and much more may turn out to be an illusion,” he wrote on social networks.
According to him, special cameras make it possible to detect energy facilities by their thermal signature, which significantly complicates their protection in winter.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Ukraine will strengthen camouflage and protection measures for energy facilities in response to the threat of detection by Geranium drones
Likely · Within weeks

Advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Sergei Beskrestnov said that with the onset of cold weather, the Russian army will gain an advantage thanks to UAVs with thermal imagers capable of hitting warm objects.

Over the course of 24 hours, 160 Ukrainian aircraft-type drones were destroyed over the territory of the Bryansk region. Air defense units of the Ministry of Defense, mobile fire groups of the BARS-Bryansk brigade, MTF of the Bryansk Regional Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia on transport and special forces of the Russian Guard in the Bryansk region took part in the destruction of the drones. This was announced by Acting Governor Yegor Kovalchuk.

Russian military personnel attacked a cargo ship with military cargo for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Black Sea at night, carried out a UAV attack on the port point in Vilkovo, Odessa region, and also destroyed a road bridge in Mayaki and the Novaya Poshta logistics center, which was used to store military supplies to Ukraine.

Russian forces hit a road bridge in the village of Mayaki, Odessa region, which was used to transport military cargo to units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was stated by the Russian Ministry of Defense. Earlier, the Russian army attacked the Datagroup data center in Kyiv, which processed intelligence information for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported a nighttime drone strike on the Kosmonova data center in Kyiv, which provided mobile Internet and supported Starlink systems used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

At night, the Russian Armed Forces attacked a port point in the city of Vilkovo, Odessa region, through which Ukraine received weapons and ammunition from Europe, and also destroyed the road bridge in Mayaki and the Novaya Poshta logistics center, used to supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces.