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“This evening, the enemy launched a missile attack on the infrastructure of the regional branch of Lviv Railway in the Yavoriv district. The explosion damaged railway infrastructure. There were no reports of injuries or deaths. Previously, more missiles came from the east”, Kozytsky wrote on his Facebook page.
In turn, the mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovy , specified that the windows of the houses adjacent to the impact site had been blown out. “And all this (happened) in an area that is just 20 kilometers from the border with the European Union,” wrote the mayor on his Telegram account.
In addition, the air defense units of the Western Air Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down three missiles tonight cruisers fired at the territory of the Lviv region.
Two airstrikes and massive waves of rockets
According to Sadovy, last night there were two air strikes and two massive waves of rockets in the region.
“Not a single missile hit Lviv. The air defense forces did a good job. Therefore, we do not know if our city was the target this time… It was really one of the largest attacks in the region in terms of the number of missiles”, the mayor specified.
This city, located in the west of the country and very close to the border with Poland, has not been the object of many attacks by the Russians since they began the invasion of the country, last 24 February.
Lviv has also been a place of transit for the tens of thousands of Ukrainian citizens who have wanted to leave the country and take refuge in other nations of the European Union.