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Russian missiles strike Lviv and kill at least 35 people
People walk as a cloud of smoke raises after an explosion near the airport, in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, March 18, 2022

RUSSIAN missiles struck the Ukrainian city of Lviv on the border with Poland today, destroying an aircraft factory close to the airport and killing at least 35 people.

About 30 cruise missiles targeted the military facility just 15 miles from Poland’s border, with another 135 people injured in the attack.

The Ukrainian Air Force, citing preliminary reports, said that the aircraft repair plant was hit by cruise missiles launched from the Black Sea.

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