Ukraine war: Mayor of Lviv expresses suspicion after attacks: "Attackers wanted to greet Biden"
Created: 03/26/2022, 22:01
By: Yasina Hipp
The western Ukrainian city of Lviv becomes the target of Russian attacks in the Ukraine war.
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Five people were injured in a Russian attack on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.
The Ukraine war continues to rage across the country.
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On Saturday afternoon, American journalists initially reported sirens, explosions and smoke rising from the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.
A little later, the head of the regional military administration, Maxym Kosytsky, and the mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovy, confirmed the Russian airstrike on the messenger service Telegram.
At a press conference in the evening, the two gave further details about the Russian attacks at noon.
According to Kosytsky, two locations were hit,
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reports : a fuel depot and one of the military infrastructure.
Both locations were hit twice and are also in residential areas.
Mayor Sadowyj describes the attacks as "targeted" and the "destruction is serious".
"A kindergarten and a school were also damaged by the shock of the explosions and hits by the Russian rockets, and fortunately there were no injuries," said Sadovy.
Explosions and smoke following attacks on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.
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Ukraine War: Attack on Lviv as "serious threat"
The mayor of Lviv also sees a connection to US President Joe Biden's visit to Poland.
He said: "I believe this is how the attacker greets President Biden, who is in Poland right now, and we know that Lviv is only 70 kilometers from Poland, so the whole world needs to understand that the threat is serious." .”
Lviv in western Ukraine has so far been a place of refuge for many hundreds of thousands of people who have fled* from the rest of the Ukraine.
On their way west, Lviv was considered a kind of hub.
Early on, Mayor Sadowyj asked international aid organizations for support in caring for and accommodating the war refugees.
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