Russian forces struck a military training base in western Ukraine today, bringing their offensive closer to the border with Poland. Earlier, a senior Russian diplomat warned that Moscow considered foreign shipments of military equipment to Ukraine legitimate targets. Eight rockets were reportedly fired at the Yavoriv military range, located 30 kilometers northwest of Lviv. The range is 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Ukraine’s border with Poland.
The United States and NATO have regularly sent instructors to the range, also known as the International Peacekeeping and Security Center, to train Ukrainian military personnel. The facility has also hosted international NATO drills. Russian fighters also fired at the airport in Ivano-Frankivsk, a city in western Ukraine located 250 kilometers from Ukraine’s border with Slovakia and Hungary.
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