Geranium-4

Brave1's head, Andrii Hrytseniuk, said on 18 October 2026 that Ukraine now counters jet Gerans with seven interceptor types, all tested in combat; 22 Teams are building faster ones, and anti-jet orders have passed 1,000. Ukraine's Defence Ministry has also signed with Quantum Systems to test and buy interceptors against jet drones. The Gerans are built at Alabuga in Tatarstan, which satellite images of 21 October show ringed by at least 33 air-defence positions.

The Geran-4 keeps roughly the Shahed-type airframe, about 3.5 m long with a 3 m span, but swaps the propeller for a turbojet. Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) says Russia began using it in May 2026, that it reaches about 500 km/h, and that captured examples carried Chinese Telefly engines: the LX-WP-160 and the TF-TJ2000A. HUR said in August 2026 that Russia has no turbojet of its own. Some reports put the warhead at up to 90 kg.

HUR says Russia built the Geran-4 as a direct response to Ukraine's interceptor drones, which had become effective against the slower Geran-2.