An airstrike on a Ukrainian military base in Yavoriv, western Ukraine, near the Polish border, was announced today by the Lviv regional military administration.
“The attackers carried out an air strike on the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security. “According to the first information, they fired eight rockets,” the administration said in a statement.
The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a Ukrainian military base, Anton Mironovich, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Armed Forces Academy, was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency.
“According to preliminary data, there are no dead, but information about the injured is being clarified,” Mirononovic added.
The military training facility, the largest in the western part of the country and traditionally the site of joint military exercises with NATO, is less than 25km from the Polish border and about 40km northwest of Lviv.
The mayor of another city in western Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk, about 100 kilometers south of Lviv, said Russian troops were still attacking its airport today. According to the first information, there are no victims.
“Multiple explosions have been heard in Lviv and Hersonissos and there are reports that Lviv is receiving Russian missile strikes,” the Kyiv Independent news portal reported.
However, he later tweeted that “the early morning explosions near Lviv were the result of Ukraine’s air defense against Russian missiles.”
“All military units are working fully, additional information is expected from the regional leader,” he said.
ArEarly morning explosions near Lviv were the result of Ukraine’s air defense against Russian missiles, according to local lawmaker Igor Zinkevych.
“All military units are working fully, additional information is expected from the head of the region, he wrote March 13.
– The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 13, 2022
The bomber struck shortly after noon in Poland, according to a German news agency based in Przemysl.
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