A Russian strike on the town of Chortkiv, in western Ukraine largely spared from the violence, left at least 22 injured on Saturday evening, including civilians, and partially destroyed a military site, a local official said on Sunday.
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Yesterday, at 9:46 p.m. local time (6:46 p.m. GMT), Chortkiv was hit by four missiles, all fired from the Black Sea
," said regional governor Volodymyr Trouch during a press conference broadcast on Facebook, adding that “
There were 22 injured, all hospitalized
”.
Among the victims, “
there are seven women and a 12-year-old child
,” continued the governor.
According to Volodymyr Trouch, also head of the administration of the Ternopil region, on which Chortkiv depends, “
a military installation was partially destroyed
” in the strike, “
and residential dwellings were damaged
”.
Chortkiv, which had just under 30,000 inhabitants before the Russian invasion, is located 140 km north of the border with Romania and 200 km southeast of Lviv, a large city in western Ukraine. .
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Unlike the east and south of the country, heavily affected by the fighting between Ukrainian and Russian armies for three and a half months, the west has only very sporadically been the target of strikes by Moscow troops, which are aimed in particular military installations receiving Western weapons.
