Russian forces bomb Lviv airport in western Ukraine

The Mayor of Lviv (Lviv), Andriy Sadovy, stated that Russian missiles had exploded on Friday in the area of ​​the airport of this large city in western Ukrainelocated near the border of Poland.

“Missiles have hit the area of ​​Lviv airport“, he wrote on his Facebook account, ensuring that the attack did not directly affect the airfield.

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“The situation in the place is in the process of being specified“, he added.

An ‘AFP’ journalist was able to observe a curtain of smoke rising into the sky in that area, as well as police vehicles and ambulances in that direction.

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The city of Lviv, through which a large part of the Ukrainians fleeing to other countries pass, had not suffered attacks so far.

However, the Russian army is expanding its radius of action and on Sunday it bombed a Ukrainian military base in this region, causing at least thirty deaths.

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AFP