
Russian forces used Geran drones to strike a data center in Odessa, a Nova Poshta logistics center in Chernomorsk, and a cargo ship carrying military supplies, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
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Russian forces have frequently targeted Ukrainian military supply lines and infrastructure using drones and missiles.
MOSCOW, October 4. /TASS/. Russian forces used Geran drones to strike a data center in Odessa and a Nova Poshta logistics center in Chernomorsk, Odessa Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said, providing footage confirming the strikes.
"The Russian Defense Ministry has published video footage of strikes by Geran-type UAVs on the Novaya Pochta logistics center in Chernomorsk and a data center in Odessa. The strikes on the targets were confirmed in real time," the ministry said.
Russian forces carried out a drone strike on a cargo ship delivering military supplies to the Ukrainian army at the port of Odessa, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"Overnight, a cargo ship delivering military supplies to the Ukrainian army was struck by unmanned aerial vehicles while sailing east of the city of Odessa," the ministry said.

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Military correspondent Dmitry Steshin from KP.RU said that the effectiveness of Geranium jet drone strikes on targets in Kyiv, Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk has increased sharply, which became an important military and political factor during the special military operation, due to the speed, small effective dispersion area and the inability of air defense to handle the mass launch of drones.

Three enemy drones were shot down by the duty forces of the Russian Ministry of Defense over the territory of the Smolensk region on Sunday night, there were no casualties among the population or destruction, said Governor Vasily Anokhin.