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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lamiat Sabin

Ukraine news – live: Russian missiles strike Lviv, as 130 people rescued from destroyed Mariupol theatre

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Smoke billows from airport in Lviv as air raid sirens sound following Russian shelling

An aircraft repair plant was hit by Russian missiles fired this morning at the city of Lviv, in western Ukraine.

The building near Danylo Halytskyi International Airport – Ukraine’s second-biggest airport – has been destroyed, city mayor Andriy Sadovy said, but no one was hurt.

Until now, Lviv – close to the border with Poland – had been largely untouched by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began on 24 February.

Meanwhile, 130 people have so far been rescued from the rubble of a bomb shelter beneath a theatre in Mariupol.

The theatre was hit by Russian forces on Wednesday despite the word “children” being written on the ground outside in Russian.

Ukrainian human rights ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova said rescue work was continuing at the site, where many women and children were sheltering underground before the building was hit.

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