The Russians are pounding Western Ukraine. Multiple rocket attacks rock Lviv City, with casualties and massive damage.
The bombings in Kharkov are also relentless, with a new strike against a Nuclear Research Facility sounding the alarm.
Lviv came to the forefront of Russian attacks yesterday as of 4 a.m. Saturday, Russian missiles hit critical Ukrainian facilities.
SKAI envoy Stavros Ioannidis and cameraman Stergios Tsifoutis recorded minute by minute the new Russian attack.
Three consecutive explosions were heard in Lviv and dense black smoke rose from a spot very close to the city center.
Black smoke has covered the oil tank. Firefighters are battling to contain the raging fire.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, six high-precision Cruise missiles hit yesterday ‘s military targets in the city of Lviv in western Ukraine.
The same source confirmed that Russia had hit a fuel depot used by the Ukrainian forces and a factory used to repair anti-aircraft systems, radar stations and tanks for tanks.
It also added that it had destroyed a number of unmanned aircraft and that it had fired long-range missiles from the sea to destroy an S-300 missile arsenal and BUK anti-aircraft missile systems near Kyiv.
“The armed forces of the Russian Federation continue their offensive operations as part of a special military operation,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
“Today there were two blows to critical infrastructure. One took place in an oil tanker in a residential area of Lviv. The second in a defense facility, in a factory also located in a residential area. “There were two blows to each of the facilities,” the Lviv governor summed up.
In Lviv, according to Skynews, a man was arrested as “suspected of espionageThe governor of the area said photos of checkpoints in the city, which had been sent to two Russian telephone numbers, had been found on his phone.
A guard at the hit oil tanks described how at 4pm, rockets hit the facility. Twelve minutes later, there was a very loud noise and three bombings. The first rocket landed there, then a second hit and the third hit threw me down.
However, blows were recorded throughout western Ukraine yesterday as the sirens sounded again a short time later, Russian missiles from Sevastopol struck in Rivne and there in military installations.
The Ukrainian President insists on sending a request for weapons.
“Ukraine can not shoot down Russian missiles with firearms and machine guns, of which we have too many reserves,” said Volodymyr Zelensky.
Russian forces also attacked a nuclear research facility in Kharkov.
According to Ukrainian sources, it is impossible to estimate the extent of the damage.
Thousands of residents of the city remain in the underground metro stations as trains are also used as shelters.
In Slavutic, the townspeople are resisting Russian forces. They enter in front of the tanks and protest against the Russian invasion.
The Russians arrest the mayor of the city, who is soon released.
According to what he has reported, three people have lost their lives.
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