Russia-Ukraine war: At least three killed in air strikes on west Ukraine

At least three people were killed in westernUkraine's Volyn after overnight air strikes, the region's governor said early on Tuesday (August 15). Yuriy Poguliaiko, governor of Volyn, said: "As of now, three people have died. Several more wounded are in the hospital."

This becomes the latest episode of Russian strikes on Ukraine amid the ongoing war, which was started last year on February 24. Officials have said that a number of buildings were damaged, and people were injured after missile strikes targeted two cities in western Ukraine in the overnight hours, forcing evacuations.

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Yuriy Poguliaiko, the governor of the Volyn region, of which Lutsk is the capital, said on Telegram that the "air defence forces worked in the region during the night air alert. But, unfortunately, we had a 'strike' at one of the industrial enterprises in the regional centre. Currently, we know of two injured people".

Lutsk is less than 100 kilometres from Ukraine's border with Poland. In March last year, four Ukrainian soldiers were killed and six wounded in Russian strikes at the Lutsk military airport.

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Lviv mayor Andriy Sadovyi said that "many missiles were shot down", but that "residential buildings got hit" in the strike. "There is a fire on the upper floors. We are evacuating people. All services are on site," he said on Telegram.

Sadovyi added that Lviv has mostly been spared by the daily bombardments that have hit other parts of Ukraine. But in July, 10 people were killed in what Sadovyi said was the biggest Russian missile attack on the city's civilian infrastructure since the invasion.

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(With inputs from agencies)

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