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The Guardian – March 13, 2022

A rocket attack on a military base near Lviv has killed at least nine people, according to the area’s governor, with fears that more may have died.

Maksym Kozytskyy had said that nine people had been killed in airstrikes on the International Peacekeeping and Security Centre military base with 57 wounded.

(Those casualty figures have since climbed. It is now estimated that 35 people were killed and over 140 injured in the early morning missile strikes. Ed)

The Guardian’s Luke Harding, who is in Yavoriv where the base is, has spoken to an emergency worker who said the death toll could be as high as 20.

Two large explosions were seen on Sunday at the base in Yavoriv, a garrison city just 12km from the Polish border. The rocket attack took place at 5.45am.

“My windows shook. The whole house vibrated. It was dark. The sky lit up with two explosions,” said Stepan Chuma, 27, an emergency worker, who hurried to the scene with his colleagues.

He said 20 people were confirmed dead. Nineteen ambulances with sirens blaring were seen driving from the direction of the base, a witness said, according to Reuters.

A further seven ambulances were seen driving towards the facility

According to Reuters, earlier on Sunday Kozytskyy said Russia fired 30 rockets at the complex.

Ukrainian defence minister Oleksii Reznikov said foreign military instructors work at the facility, but it was unclear whether any were present when the attack happened.

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