A Ukrainian army base about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the border with Poland was focused in a Russian missile assault early Tuesday morning, based on data from Maksym Kozytsky, the pinnacle of the Lviv regional army administration.
Kozytsky gave no additional particulars in a late-night Telegram put up, saying solely that additional data could be launched within the morning.
A collection of explosions have been heard in central Lviv round 12:45 a.m. native time (5:45 p.m. ET), shortly after air raid sirens had sounded within the metropolis. A member of CNN’s workforce within the metropolis noticed air defenses lighting as much as the northwest — within the route of the Yavoriv army facility about 40 kilometers away.
In his first Telegram assertion shortly after the all-clear sounded at 1:15 a.m. native time (6:15 p.m. ET), Kozytsky stated solely that air protection methods had responded to the assault. Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi, in a put up on his Fb web page, stated he couldn’t verify any details about attainable missile strikes in Lviv itself.
Yavoriv has been focused at the very least thrice because the begin of the battle. Within the first assault on March 13, greater than 30 individuals have been killed.
Websites in Lviv have additionally been hit in Russian missiles strikes, together with an plane elements plant, a gasoline depot and a number of other electrical substations.
