Russian Air Strike Called Destroy Peace Force Headquarters In Yavoriv, Ukraine

Ukrainian troops participate in the multinational exercise Rapid Trident on September 24, 2021, at the International Peacekeeping Security Center near Yavoriv, ​​Ukraine. (Photo: SSGT David Carnahan via DVIDS)//

JAKARTA - Russian troops launched an airstrike in what is said to be one of the largest in the war against Ukraine that has been going on since February 24. The attack destroyed one of Ukraine's largest military installations, located in Lviv, a city near the Polish border on Sunday morning, March 13.

Ukrainian military officials said the Russian airstrike destroyed military facilities used by the International Peacekeeping Force.

“The invaders launched an airstrike on the International Center for Peacekeeping in Yavoriv. According to preliminary data, eight missiles were fired", a military official in the city of Lviv said, as quoted by Reuters.

Lviv is the sixth-largest city in Ukraine with a population of about 700,000. The city is also known as the cultural center of Ukraine.

According to the Ukrainian news agency, Interfax, the attack did not result in any casualties.

"However, the number of injured is currently being assessed", said Anton Mironovich, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Academy of the Armed Forces, as quoted by Interfax.

Reuters news agency said that 19 ambulances were going back and forth to evacuate victims of the Russian airstrike to a military facility in the Yavoriv district of Lviv City.