In Pics: Dozens dead after Russian attack on Ukrainian army base

Russia launched a deadly missile attack on March 13 (Sunday) at a Ukrainian military base just miles away from the Polish border in an escalation of the war to the west of the country as fighting raged elsewhere. The assault came a day after Moscow threatened to take action against Western countries' continued supply of arms to Ukraine.

In Pics: Dozens dead after Russian attack on Ukrainian army base

Russia launched a deadly missile attack on March 13 (Sunday) at a Ukrainian military base just miles away from the Polish border. Credit: AP/PTI Photo

35 people were reportedly killed and 134 injured in the attack, a local official said, in an escalation of the war to the west of the country as fighting raged elsewhere. Credit: Reuters Photo

Regional Governor Maksym Kozytskyy said Russian planes fired around 30 rockets at the facility, though some were intercepted before they hit. Credit: Reuters Photo

The attack on the Yavoriv International Centre for Peacekeeping and Security, a base just 25 km from the Polish border that has previously hosted NATO military instructors, brought the conflict to the doorstep of the Western defence alliance.

The assault came a day after Moscow threatened to take action against Western countries' continued supply of arms to Ukraine. Credit: AFP Photo

Russian forces have advanced closer to the capital from the north, west and northeast. Russian strikes also destroy an airport in the town of Vasylkiv, south of Kyiv. Credit: AFP Photo

Ukrainian soldiers take cover from incoming artillery fire in Irpin, the outskirts of Kyiv. Credit: AFP Photo

Ukrainian soldiers take cover from incoming artillery fire. Credit: AP Photo

A view of an apartment building heavily damaged by a Russian attack. Credit: AFP Photo

A firefighter leaves a residential building that was hit by a shell in the Obolon district of Kyiv as Russia's invasion contiunes, Ukraine. Credit: Reuters Photo

Rescuers help people to get out of a residential building that was damaged in an attack by Russia. Credit: Reuters Photo

A woman is taken out of a residential building in Ukraine. Credit: Reuters Photo

A general view of an apartment that got heavily damaged after a Russian rocket exploded just outside it in Ukraine. Credit: AFP Photo