Ukraine war: 'Sky turned red' as missiles hit Lviv military base
By Hugo Bachega
BBC News, Yavoriv, Ukraine
Witnesses to a deadly Russian attack on a Ukrainian military base have told how "the sky turned red" as missiles struck the site near the Polish border.
At least 35 people died in the strike on the Yavoriv training base, near a major crossing point into Poland used by refugees from the conflict.
Russia fired around 30 cruise missiles at the base, outside the city of Lviv, early Sunday, the local governor said.
Hours after the attack, ambulances were still rushing to the scene.
Roads leading to the facility were blocked with checkpoints and authorities were conducting search-and-rescue operations.
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Tsunami-hit cities keen to offer homes to Ukrainians
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 13, 2022 at 13:42 JST
This disaster-hit city is offering to lay down the red carpet for Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion of their homeland to return the kindness shown by the world when it was devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
Mayor Futoshi Toba proposed the gesture during a March 12 meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who was visiting as part of a tour of the three prefectures hardest hit by tsunami generated by the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake.
“When we were flattened by the disaster, people around the world extended their assistance to us and we remain eternally grateful,” Toba told Kishida. “We are very keen to take in Ukrainian refugees.”
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