Dozens of Russian missiles rained down on military installations in western and northern Ukraine on Saturday, local officials said, as Europe’s largest land conflict since World War II entered its fifth month. .
The governor of the Lviv region of western Ukraine, Maxim Kozytskyi, said in a video posted online that six missiles were fired from the Black Sea at the Yavoriv base, four hit the base and two were intercepted and destroyed before reaching their target.
Vitaliy Bunechko, governor of the northern Zhytomyr region, said attacks on a military target killed at least one soldier.
“About 30 missiles were launched at a military infrastructure facility very close to the city of Zhytomyr,” Bunechko said, adding that nearly 10 missiles had been intercepted and destroyed.
In the Chernihiv region, also in the north, Governor Vyacheslav Chaus said the small town of Desna had suffered “mass” rocket attacks on Saturday morning. Chaus did not specify what had been affected, but said there was “infrastructure damage.” There were no casualties, he added.