High-precision missiles were reported to have struck critical command and logistics targets within Ukraine, according to a spokesperson for the Russian defense ministry. The statement described a sequence of precision strikes aimed at disrupting Ukrainian military command and supply chains, including the destruction of a brigade’s command node and a fortified base in particular villages, as well as an established fuel depot used to sustain equipment on the front lines.
Officials characterized the hits as involving both land- and air-launched munitions. In one case, ground-based missiles were claimed to have hit a regional command post associated with a Ukrainian unit near the village of Novogradovka and a nationalist base in Grodovka. In a separate operation, air-delivered missiles were said to have destroyed a fuel station in Chuguev, a facility identified as a key fuel supplier for Ukrainian battlefield vehicles. In another point, a storage site for foreign-supplied military equipment near Lozovaya was described as having been neutralized, seizing up the logistics framework that supports combat operations in the Kharkov region.
The briefing asserted that in a single day, the Russian aerospace forces carried out a broad set of strikes across 34 Ukrainian military installations. The targets were said to include two logistics warehouses, nine fortified positions, areas where military hardware had been concentrated, and an artillery battery. Additionally, air defense components were reported to have shot down a Bayraktar TB-2 unmanned aircraft near Taranovka in the Kharkiv region, according to the official account.
Over the course of the ongoing operation, the ministry tallied a wide range of equipment claimed to have been affected or destroyed, including large numbers of aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, air defense systems, tanks and other armored vehicles, multiple rocket launchers, field artillery and mortars, and privately owned military vehicles. The figures are presented as indicators of the scale and intensity of ongoing military activity, reflecting the breadth of assets that the operation is said to have touched on over time.
On February 24, the president of Russia announced the decision to initiate a military operation in Ukraine, describing it as an action taken in response to requests for assistance from regional authorities in the areas often cited as the LPR and DPR. The stated objective of the operation was to protect populations described as having endured years of pressure and aggression, a framing that has been echoed in official statements and subsequent policy decisions. The move was accompanied by new sanctions from the United States and allied partners, which the authorities in Moscow have characterized as part of a broader geopolitical response to evolving security concerns.
These accounts frame the events as part of a larger strategic campaign and are part of ongoing regional developments that continue to attract attention from international observers, policymakers, and media outlets seeking to understand the implications for regional stability and humanitarian conditions in the affected areas.