WAR IN UKRAINE: April 18, 2022
BREAKING NEWS: The western city of Lviv has been hit by as many as five missiles. Seven people were killed in this morning’s missile attacks on Lviv. Eleven people were injured including a child, according to the Lviv mayor. He added that several windows were broken at a hotel where many migrants were staying. The mayor added that 40 vehicles were damaged.
He added that a 3-year-old boy from Kharkiv was among those injured “Three-year-old Myron and his mother fled Kharkiv to escape the Russian war, but a Russian missile found them in Lviv.”
The missiles that struck Lviv on Monday reportedly travelled more than 1,700 kilometres from near the Caspian Sea, according to Lviv’s regional governor. It’s a reminder that without the ability to safeguard its own skies, no region of Ukraine remains safe.
Below - my CNN interview moments afterwards with anchor John Vause.
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After US President Joe Biden said that genocide is being committed by the Russian Federation in Ukraine, other world leaders have backed up the move. Colombia President Ivan Duque said that western countries should unite to place harsh sanctions on the country
Russia bombarded cities across Ukraine Monday morning, with missile strikes reported. Other than Lviv, Dnipro was targeted and heavy weekend shelling in Luhansk and Kharkiv.
Officials in the southeastern port of Mariupol have rejected a Russian ultimatum demanding the surrender of Ukrainian forces in the city. Russia responded saying it would eliminate all resistance. Russian forces said the besieged city would be closed for entry and exit on Monday and that men left in the city would be "filtered out," according to an adviser to Mariupol's mayor - CNN. Russian state media is reporting that its military struck a total of 315 targets in Ukraine overnight, with several cities bombarded on Monday.