Category: yavoriv

War Touches a Ukrainian Village Far From the Frontlines

KOTY, Ukraine—For decades, gunfire and explosions have not surprised the residents of this small village deep in western Ukraine. The sounds of explosions from artillery training rang out on March 25 from the sprawling Yavoriv military base, the guarded entrance to which lies across the road from the house of Viktor Pokrovskiy. A self-described pure-blooded…


Russia, Ukraine at Odds Over Casualties of Strike on Yavoriv Training Base

TRUSKAVETS, Ukraine—Russian and Ukrainian officials have offered contrasting accounts of the casualties incurred by the missile attack on a military training facility in Yavoriv, Ukraine, on March 13. Hours after the aerial strike, the governor for the region said 35 people were killed and 134 were wounded. A spokesperson for the Lviv Regional Administration told The…


Russia, Ukraine at Odds Over Casualties in Strike on Yavoriv Training Base

TRUSKAVETS, Ukraine—Russian and Ukrainian officials have offered contrasting accounts of the casualties from the missile attack on a military training facility in Yavoriv, Ukraine, on March 13. Hours after the aerial strike, the governor for the region said 35 people were killed and 134 were wounded. A spokesperson for the Lviv Regional Administration told The Epoch…