Missiles hit Lviv, a safe haven until now, the mayor says.
The western city of Lviv, about 50 miles from the border with Poland, has been a harbor for Ukrainians fleeing violence since the war began. But on Friday morning, a missile strike about four miles from the city center shattered its relative peace, the city’s mayor said.
Mayor Andriy Sadovy said several missiles had struck an aircraft repair plant at the airport complex in Lviv, destroying the buildings. He said that work had previously stopped at the plant and that no casualties had been reported. Smoke could be seen rising from the city’s west, in the general direction of the airport.
Attacks in western Ukraine have been rare since the war began, and Lviv itself has seen few if any. But a Russian airstrike on Sunday at a military base near Poland’s border brought worries of more to come.