Governor of Lviv on missile attack near airport

Описание: (18 Mar 2022) Russian forces pressed their assault on Ukrainian cities Friday, with new missile strikes and shelling on the edges of the capital Kyiv and the western city of Lviv, as world leaders pushed for an investigation of the Kremlin's repeated attacks on civilian targets, including schools, hospitals and residential areas.
The early morning barrage of missiles on the outskirts of Lviv was the closest strike yet to the centre of the city, which has become a crossroads for people fleeing from other parts of Ukraine and for others entering to deliver aid, or fight.
Black smoke billowed for hours after the explosions, which hit a facility for repairing military aircraft near the city’s international airport, only six kilometres (four miles) from the centre.
One person was wounded, the regional governor, Maksym Kozytsky, said.
Multiple blasts occurred in quick succession around 6 a.m., shaking nearby buildings, witnesses said.
The missiles were launched from the Black Sea, but the Ukrainian air force's western command said it had shot down two of the six missiles.
A bus repair facility was also damaged, Lviv's mayor Andriy Sadovyi said.
Lviv lies not far from the Polish border and well behind the front lines, but it and the surrounding area have not been spared Russia's attacks.
In the worst, more than 30 people were killed last weekend in a strike on a training facility near the city.
Lviv's population has swelled by some 200,000 as people from elsewhere in Ukraine have sought shelter there.

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