Ukraine-Russia warfare live updates: Russian attacks hit near Lviv in western Ukraine

a couple of missiles hit near Lviv airport, mayor says

Phil Helsel and Mariia Ulianovska

15m ago / 7:58 AM UTC

a couple of missiles destroyed buildings at an plane restore facility close the airport in the Ukrainian metropolis of Lviv, the mayor talked about. there were no immediate file of casualties. 

The missiles did not strike the airport itself, the mayor noted Friday through his Telegram channel.

The suggestions changed into preliminary, and greater particulars were not immediately clear. NBC information has not independently demonstrated the attack.

The mayor mentioned rescuers and other personnel had been headed to the web site, however that there was no work being carried out on the repair facility at the time of the attack.

Smoke rises above constructions near the airport in Lviv, Ukraine on Friday morning. Getty photos

An air alarm became sounded in Lviv at about 6:08 a.m., and at about 6:25 a.m. three explosions were heard on the outskirts of the city. 

Lviv is in western Ukraine, around forty miles from the border with Poland. Russia recently launched a collection of strikes within the western a part of the country, together with a missile assault early Sunday that killed 35 people.

ninety percent of Mariupol is destroyed, Ukraine protection ministry says

Anisha Kukreja

16m in the past / 7:57 AM UTC

The southern port metropolis Mariupol has been 90 p.c destroyed amid incessant shelling and advances by using Russian troops, Ukraine's protection ministry talked about Friday. 

The besieged city is bearing the brunt of Russian strikes with no electrical energy, fuel or heat with temperatures losing to 22 degrees. 

The ministry has accused Russia of holding the residents hostage by blocking agreed-upon humanitarian corridors within the city, with americans struggling to locate protected shelters.

This week, a Mariupol theater where people have been in search of shelter was hit by means of a Russian airstrike. satellite photographs from the U.S. government-linked technology company Maxar gave the impression to display the observe "babies" written outdoor the constructing in enormous white letters.

It become doubtful what number of individuals were in the constructing, but officers observed Thursday that the take care of held up and people have been emerging alive. 

Two lifeless, more than 20 buildings destroyed in Luhansk region, officials say

Phil Helsel and Mariia Ulianovska

23m ago / 7:50 AM UTC

at the least two individuals had been killed, 4 others had been injured, and greater than 20 buildings were destroyed in Russian assaults in the Luhansk place in a single day, the local administration talked about Friday.

The homes have been destroyed in assaults towards the cities of Severodonetsk and Rubizhne, that are near each and every other in the jap location of Luhansk, the Luhansk Regional Administration observed.

NBC information has now not independently established the assault. 

The administration pointed out Russian artillery hearth and other weapons have been used towards civilian areas Thursday evening into Friday local time. Russia has denied focused on civilians. 

The newest tendencies on the struggle between Russia and Ukraine

NBC news

24m in the past / 7:49 AM UTC

if you are catching up from the day before today, listed below are the newest developments: 

The apartment passed law Thursday that might droop general alternate relations with Russia, a move designed to further isolate Moscow's economic climate in response to President Vladimir Putin's battle in Ukraine. The measure handed 424-eight, with all opposition coming from Republicans.

American basketball celebrity Brittney Griner, who is being detained in Russia, is doing ok and has continuously seen her felony team, an individual close to the situation pointed out. Griner's detention turned into prolonged until might also 19, Russian state media TASS stated Thursday.

Russia's U.N. ambassador says he's not inquiring for a vote Friday on its resolution on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, which has been sharply criticized with the aid of Western nations for making no mention of Russia's responsibility for the warfare against its smaller neighbor.