Russia launched a wave of missile and drones attacks against western Ukraine, far from the front line, reported the Ukrainian media and local officials on Friday night to Saturday to Saturday and local officials.
Impacts have been reported in the cities of Lviv, near the Polish border, and Chernivtsi, close to the Romanian border, according to The Kyiv Independent, quoting its journalists on site. The suspected public media also reported an explosion in the city of Loutsk, in the northwest of the country. A fire broke out in a building in Lviv after the attacks, said Mayor Andriy Sadovyi on Telegram.
The Ukrainian Air Force had alerted from the arrival of ballistic missiles and drones launched from Russia and heading west, according to The Kyiv Independent, which added that drones had also been seen on approach to the Oblasts of Ternopil and Volhynia.
In Volhynia, the authorities have resounded the sirens of air alert and called on the inhabitants to remain safe, according to the RBC-Ukraine news agency. The Armed Forces of Poland, a neighboring country west of Ukraine, said hunting planes to protect their airspace during the strikes.