INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Thirty-five people died and more than 130 were injured when Russian troops launched air strikes on a military training ground outside
Ukraine's western city of Lviv, near the border with Poland, local officials said Sunday.Russia "launched an air strike on the International
have to announce that, unfortunately, we have lost more heroes: 35 people died as a result of the shelling of the International Peacekeeping
a military hospital," he added, saying the information on the toll was still being updated.Fires at the base have been almost fully
extinguished and pyrotechnics experts were examining the debris, the governor said.The military base in Yavoriv, located some 40 kilometers
(25 miles) northwest of the city, was a training center for Ukrainian forces with foreign instructors, including from the United States and
Canada.It was also a hub for joint exercises involving Ukrainian soldiers and NATO allies.Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said
"foreign instructors work here," although it was unclear whether any were present during the attacks.Foreign troops left Ukraine shortly
before Russia launched an invasion of its pro-Western neighbor on Feb
24.The United States said on Feb
near the EU-NATO border," calling for the imposition of a no-fly zone."Action must be taken to stop this
Close the sky!" he wrote.Cruise missiles were fired from Russian planes located over the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, the regional
its troops could target supplies of Western weapons to Ukraine.Many Ukrainians have fled to relative safety in Lviv since the launch of
This is already the third strike on Frankivsk
