Satellites are recording Russia's construction of a drone port for attacks on Odessa.

February 1 2026 28 532 21

Satellite images of the Primorsko-Akhtarsk airfield have been published online, showing the progress of construction of the so-called droneport—infrastructure for the Geranium UAV. It includes several small sites designed exclusively for the preparation and launch of UAVs.

According to Western military analysts, Russia's plan in this case is to expand both the base itself and the logistics to it, so that in the foreseeable future the capability to simultaneously launch Geranium missiles will increase to 50-70 units or more.

Experts estimate that active work on logistics indicates a significant increase in strike capabilities and preparation for the larger-scale use of drones, including in the southern regions of Ukraine, primarily in Odessa and the surrounding region.

It's important to note that Russian drones have recently been attacking enemy targets in Odessa and the surrounding region on a near-daily basis, with particular attention being paid to Black Sea ports.

The enemy has repeatedly complained about the fact that foreign ships are no longer calling at Odessa ports. Ukrainian economists have already stated that Russia's actions are causing serious damage to the country's budget, paralyzing wheat exports.

Satellites are recording Russia's construction of a drone port for attacks on Odessa.

It should be added that the attacks on Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea are Russia's retaliatory measure to the Ukrainian Armed Forces' strikes on oil tankers.

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torbas41

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1 February 2026 09: 27

Or maybe they just opened silo pits on the collective farm.
1. goncharov.62
  
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  1 February 2026 11: 31
  
  We already had vertical takeoff mowers. And these are just the little things in life...
2. Botrops
  
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  1 February 2026 11: 34
  
  Well, that's even better news. This means NATO satellites can't tell the difference between a silo and a construction site.
Nick. WITH

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1 February 2026 09: 30

So this is to be more accommodating during negotiations, let them think about it for now, it’s not finished yet.
prior

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1 February 2026 09: 57

The Iranian military launched their Geraniums from vehicle chassis.
I don't understand. Why not build launchers based on railway platforms or train cars, similar to armored vehicles or ambulance trains?
At the manufacturing plant, we loaded not 50-70 units, but 500-700. We drove to a safe distance from the LBS. We fired. And then returned to reload. Everything can be accommodated in a train.
And there is no need to dig anything.
1. Dormidontov_Dormidont
  
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  2 February 2026 05: 47
  
  Quote: prior
  The Iranian military launched their Geraniums from vehicle chassis.
  I don't understand. Why not build launchers based on railway platforms or train cars, similar to armored vehicles or ambulance trains?
  At the manufacturing plant, we loaded not 50-70 units, but 500-700. We drove to a safe distance from the LBS. We fired. And then returned to reload. Everything can be accommodated in a train.
  And there is no need to dig anything.
  
  Some people are given the opportunity, while others are not given the opportunity to understand anything, but the expert’s opinion must be published so that everyone knows.
  1. Grei grin
    
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    2 February 2026 09: 20
    
    Experts are like that, they write whatever they say!
2. Valera75
  
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  2 February 2026 08: 22
  
  Quote: prior
  Why not make launchers based on railway platforms or carriages, similar to armored or ambulance trains?
  
  There are armored trains in Donbas, and this idea could be implemented. It would be a mobile launch platform, not stationary and difficult to track as it's always on the move. The personnel who will launch and maintain them will be in the cars, along with security and air defense systems, and the armored train already has an existing air defense system. So your idea is very good.
3. Grei grin
  
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  2 February 2026 09: 18
  
  This requires a political decision; we're waiting for Trump to make it and for our Western partners and colleagues to approve!
goncharov.62

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1 February 2026 11: 31

There's no need for any "retaliatory measures"! We need to kill them preemptively. Everyone and everything...
1. Grei grin
  
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  2 February 2026 09: 23
  
  Only the legendary and invincible Red Army could do this, and that’s why it won!
  1. goncharov.62
    
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    2 February 2026 09: 24
    
    Well, there were also corps commanders and division commanders. And the will to win.
    1. Grei grin
      
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      2 February 2026 09: 33
      
      И the Jews Political officers, how the battle ended in the bunker, they were right there, teaching political literacy and the dead too! At least they didn't interfere with the fighting like now!
      1. twice-born
        
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        2 February 2026 21: 49
        
        In fact, they also occasionally interfered greatly with the fighting.
art573

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1 February 2026 15: 38

Fine. But most likely the launch will be carried out from different sites. And politically, it's all correct—the crests are asking for everything with their actions: regional referendums, the Central Military District, and now the strikes on naval structures after their attempts to blow up our ships (and they did sink the cruiser Moskva). As long as Ukraine's state policy is Russophobic and nationalist, there will be a constant forceful response. Internationalist Ukrainians who will condemn the primitive Nazis themselves must come to power in Ukraine; only then will the war end.
1. Grei grin
  
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  2 February 2026 09: 28
  
  There are no such people in Ukraine now, they have a different God and even Father Frost and the Snow Maiden have been banned and removed, now they have Santa in bloomers, and Nuland with cookies for the Snow Maiden!
Alexander Sh.

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1 February 2026 16: 22

It's perfectly logical: an autonomous site with infrastructure for storing, servicing, preparing, and launching drones on a fairly large scale, a sort of strike complex. And the goal is clear: to completely cut off Odessa and the southern ports of the "independent" state from access to the sea.
1. kovaleff
  
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  3 February 2026 01: 52
  
  They're already drawing up humanitarian corridors with their opponents for civilians to pass through after the surrender of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. What the hell is a sea?
Alex_Kraus

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2 February 2026 04: 37

Chernobaevka again? Maybe we shouldn't put all our eggs in one basket...
1. Grei grin
  
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  2 February 2026 09: 29
  
  Yeah, they should have put them in different places, otherwise they might accidentally get hit!
2. kovaleff
  
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  3 February 2026 01: 52
  
  I think I'm from Kherson