More than 30 people were left dead after more than two dozen Russian missiles hit a Ukrainian base near the border with Poland.
The attack saw more than 30 cruise missiles bombard the International Peacekeeping and Security Center, a training facility located in the city of Yavoriv, according to the Associated Press. At least 35 people were left dead and 134 injured as a result of the attack.
“Today’s missile strike, targeting the International Centre for Peacekeeping and Security, was only 20 km from the EU/NATO border,” the Centre for Strategic Communications and Information Security wrote in a Twitter post early Sunday morning.
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“The attack is thought to be the westernmost carried out by [Russia] in 18 days of the war,” the center wrote in the post.
The base has served as a place to train Ukrainian military members with the help of instructors from both the United States and several other NATO countries, according to the AP. Additionally, the base has hosted a variety of NATO practices on-site.
Lviv Gov. Maksym Kozytskyi said that “because the air defense system worked,” several of the missiles were “shot down” during the attack.
❗ Today’s missile strike, targeting the International Centre for Peacekeeping and Security, was only 20 km from the EU/NATO border. The attack is thought to be the westernmost carried out by #Russia in 18 days of the war.
— Stratcom Centre UA (@StratcomCentre) March 13, 2022
Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov labeled the attack a “terrorist attack,” adding that “foreign instructors” were working at the base, he wrote in a post on Twitter. Reznikov went on to call for a “no-fly” zone to be established.
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Despite calls from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a “no-fly” zone to be established, the Biden administration has previously rejected calls for a no-fly zone, labeling the measure an “escalatory” move.
