Missiles hit targets in Lviv, 50 miles from the Polish border.

Two missile strikes hit targets on Saturday evening in Lviv, a western Ukrainian city about 50 miles from the Polish border.

The city’s mayor said Russian missiles launched from Sevastopol hit an oil and gas terminal belonging to the railway station and what officials described as a factory producing important military goods. No one was killed but five people were injured.

“I think with these strikes, the aggressor wants to say hello to President Biden who is in Poland, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Lviv, mayor Andriy Sadoviy said at a news conference as an air raid siren sounded overhead. “The threat is very serious.”

The attack came as President Biden was in Warsaw wrapping up a visit to Europe intended to bolster unity over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Mr. Biden said the United States treated its duty to defend NATO allies as “a sacred obligation.” Read more

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