2022 bombing of Lviv
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The 2022 bombing of Lviv and the Lviv Oblast began after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine began.
Timeline[edit]
March 13[edit]
On the morning of March 13, Russian troops from the Black and Azov Seas launched an air strike on the Yavoriv military range. The planes took off from Engels-2 air base [ru] in the Saratov Oblast. In total, they fired more than 30 missiles, 8 of which hit the Yavoriv military range. As a result, according to the Lviv OMA, 35 people died and 134 were injured.[1]
March 18[edit]
On the morning of March 18, Russian forces fired six X-555 missiles at Lviv, aiming at the Lviv State Aircraft Repair Plant.[2] 2 missiles were intercepted and destroyed by Ukrainian air defense forces, the other 4 destroyed the plant building.[3] One person was injured in the shelling.[4]
March 26[edit]
At about 6 pm on March 26, Russian troops launched a missile strike on an oil depot in the Velyki Kryvchytsi area, and a total of three explosions were recorded.[5] A fire broke out, but no residential areas or other facilities were damaged.[6] According to the head of the Lviv Regional State Administration Maksym Kozytskyi, according to preliminary data, 5 people were injured.[7]
Subsequently, at 8 pm, another rocket attack was carried out on the Lviv Armored Plant, which resulted in "quite serious damage."[8] Andrii Sadovyi said that windows were broken in one of the schools near the place of impact.[9] No one was injured. Later it became known that 2 missiles were fired at each of the objects,[8] but the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says about 6 missiles fired at Lviv.[10]
This activity of Russian troops is connected with the speech of US President Joe Biden in neighboring Poland, which took place immediately after the missile strikes.[10]
March 28[edit]
On March 28, the Air Defense Forces of Ukraine shot down three enemy missiles in the Zolochiv Raion.[11]
April 5[edit]
On April 5, fighter jets tried to fire on civilian infrastructure in the Lviv region from Belarus, but air defense forces shot down two missiles in Radekhiv.[12]
April 16[edit]
On the morning of April 16, the occupiers launched missile strikes on the Lviv region from Su-35 planes that took off from Baranovichi airfield from the territory of Belarus. Units of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Air Command "West" of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed four cruise missiles.[13]
April 18[edit]
On the morning of April 18, 2022, according to the West Air Command, there were four missile strikes in Lviv, including three strikes on military infrastructure, and one on tire fitting. As a result of the fire, there were fires, the objects were significantly damaged. According to the head of the Lviv OVA Maksym Kozytskyi, 7 people died and 11 people, including a child, were injured.[14][15]
About 40 cars were damaged or destroyed in the tire assembly due to the rocket explosion.[16]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Кількість загиблих внаслідок обстрілу Яворівського полігону зросла до 35 людей – Львівська ОВА". Радіо Свобода (in українська). Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ↑ Zaxid.net. "Росіяни завдали ракетного удару по західній околиці Львова". ZAXID.NET (in українська). Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ↑ "У Львові ракетним ударом знищено будівлю авіаремонтного заводу". LB.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ↑ "Внаслідок ранкового обстрілу Львова поранено одну людину". www.ukrinform.ua (in українська). Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ↑ "Росіяни обстріляли Львів: три потужних вибухи". LIGA (in українська). 2022-03-26. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ↑ "У Львові внаслідок ворожого обстрілу горить промисловий об'єкт, де зберігається паливо". Інтерфакс-Україна (in українська). Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ↑ Війська РФ завдали два ракетних удари по Львову: постраждали п'ять людей, — голова Львівської ОВА Козицький. censor.net. 25 березня 2022.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Російські ракети пошкодили об'єкти критичної інфраструктури Львова: нафтобазу та завод". Інтерфакс-Україна (in українська). Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ↑ "У ЛЬВОВІ ЗНОВУ ПРОЛУНАЛИ ВИБУХИ: САДОВИЙ ПОВІДОМИВ ПОДРОБИЦІ (ОНОВЛЕНО)". www.5.ua.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "ЗСУ: "Ракетний обстріл Львова – це промовистий ляпас президенту США"". LB.ua. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- ↑ "Українська ППО збила три ворожі ракети над Львівщиною". www.ukrinform.ua (in українська). Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ↑ "Окупанти намагалися вдарити крилатими ракетами по цивільних об'єктах Львівщини. Еспресо.Захід". zahid.espreso.tv (in українська). Retrieved 2022-04-07.
- ↑ Zaxid.net. "Сили ППО збили на Львівщині чотири російські ракети". ZAXID.NET (in українська). Retrieved 2022-04-16.
- ↑ "Львів обстріляли ракетами. Що відомо". BBC News Україна (in українська). Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ↑ "Кількість загиблих через ракетний обстріл Львова зросла до 7 людей". babel.ua (in українська). Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ↑ "Кількість постраждалих унаслідок обстрілу Львова зросла до 11 осіб". Укрінформ. 2022-04-18.
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