War in Ukraine: Five injured after explosion in western city of Lviv
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Several explosions have hit the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, regional authorities said. The governor of the Lviv region Maxim Kozitsky said five people were injured and rocket fire hit a fuel depot and a factory.
In it he addresses the Russian people to their leader, President Vladimir Putin, and says: "By God, this man cannot stay in power." The Kremlin said it was not up to the American leadership to say so. “The decision on this does not lie with Biden. The president of Russia is elected by the Russian people," a spokesman said.
A White House spokesman later said Biden was not calling for "regime change" but stressed that Vladimir Putin could not be allowed to wield power over his neighbor in the region. Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadoviy said that "the attackers with today's attack sent greetings to President Biden who is in Poland," Reuters reported.
On other events in Ukraine today:
The city of Slavutich, home to many workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, has been captured by Russian forces, according to the regional governor. Locals wave Ukrainian flags and sing patriotic songs in protest
Another Russian general, Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev, was killed in an attack near the southern city of Kherson, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said.
First, air raid sirens sounded in the middle of the day. Then three powerful explosions and thick plumes of smoke were seen in the distance. A few hours later another attack. It all came a day after Russia said it was focusing its invasion of Ukraine in the east. Lviv is the opposite.
And the distance from Russia's worst aggression, where people are constantly being bombed and fired upon, has made the city a sort of safe haven. Refugees, helpers, volunteers. They are all here.
This perception can change. Mariana Pack, a 39-year-old economist who was near the blast site, gave impassioned testimony that many may share. "We feel helpless. Nobody cares what happens here," he said.
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