Russia Confirms Missile Strikes on Lviv in Western Ukraine as Biden Visits Poland

Russia Confirms Missile Strikes on Lviv in Western Ukraine as Biden Visits Poland
Plumes of smoke are seen after what officials said was a missile strike in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 26, 2022. Charlotte Cuthbertson/Epoch Times
Jack Phillips
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Russia’s Defense Ministry confirmed on March 27 it struck what it claimed were several military targets in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, saying it used both precision and long-range missiles.

Speaking to state-run media, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Moscow destroyed a large fuel depot in Lviv. The facility was destroyed via “high-precision long-range sea-launched weapons,” he added, while saying that a second target in Lviv also was destroyed, according to the Interfax news agency.
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