11:01
13 Mar 2022
Yavoriv test site in Lviv region: 9 people killed and 57 injured in a missile strike
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As a result of a missile strike on the Yavoriv test site in the Lviv region, 9 people died, and another 57 were injured
This was announced by the head of the Lviv Regional State Administration Maksym Kozytskyi at a briefing on March 13.
"According to preliminary data, more than 30 missiles were fired. The air defense system worked, a number were shot down.
At the moment, 57 people are injured, and in hospitals, 9 died, according to officially confirmed data.
At the moment, the fire is being extinguished, and the wreckage is being dismantled," Kozytskyi said.
According to the Lviv authorities, the planes took off from Saratov, Russia, to the Black Sea. It was from there that the strikes took place.
