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Friday, March 18, 2022
Lviv mayor says Russian missiles destroy plane maintenance building at airport; no casualties reported
Mayor Andriy Sadovyi says in a Facebook post that a building used for plane maintenance was hit in early morning strikes on Lviv airport in western Ukraine.
He says that the building was destroyed, but nobody was working in the plant at the time of the attack.
Sadovyi says rescue teams are on the scene.
The airport is located some 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Ukraine’s border with Poland.