<p>At least five people were wounded Saturday in two strikes on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, the regional governor said, in a rare attack on a city that has escaped serious fighting since Russian troops invaded last month.</p>.<p>"There were two missile strikes within Lviv," the regional governor Maksym Kozytsky said, adding that, "according to preliminary data, five people were injured."</p>.<p>Plumes of thick smoke could be seen in the city centre and Lviv residents were standing outside their homes to observe the dark clouds billowing in the wind.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/russia-ukraine-crisis-live-us-to-sanction-russians-suspected-of-procuring-goods-for-moscow-biden-putin-zelensky-eu-sanctions-war-world-war-belarus-wants-russia-out-of-g-20-1094778.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates of Russia-Ukraine crisis here</strong></a></p>.<p>Kozytsky said in a later post that he had visited the scene of the strikes and that the situation was "under control".</p>.<p>AFP journalists in Lviv said that medical vehicles and fire engines were responding to the incident.</p>.<p>Lviv had been largely untouched by violence, rendering it a key hub for people fleeing cities that have been under fierce Russian shelling for several weeks, like Kharkiv in east Ukraine.</p>.<p>The city is just 70 kilometres (45 miles) from the border with Poland, where US President Joe Biden is currently visiting to shore up support for the fellow NATO-member, just over one month into Russia's assault on Ukraine.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>
<p>At least five people were wounded Saturday in two strikes on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, the regional governor said, in a rare attack on a city that has escaped serious fighting since Russian troops invaded last month.</p>.<p>"There were two missile strikes within Lviv," the regional governor Maksym Kozytsky said, adding that, "according to preliminary data, five people were injured."</p>.<p>Plumes of thick smoke could be seen in the city centre and Lviv residents were standing outside their homes to observe the dark clouds billowing in the wind.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/russia-ukraine-crisis-live-us-to-sanction-russians-suspected-of-procuring-goods-for-moscow-biden-putin-zelensky-eu-sanctions-war-world-war-belarus-wants-russia-out-of-g-20-1094778.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates of Russia-Ukraine crisis here</strong></a></p>.<p>Kozytsky said in a later post that he had visited the scene of the strikes and that the situation was "under control".</p>.<p>AFP journalists in Lviv said that medical vehicles and fire engines were responding to the incident.</p>.<p>Lviv had been largely untouched by violence, rendering it a key hub for people fleeing cities that have been under fierce Russian shelling for several weeks, like Kharkiv in east Ukraine.</p>.<p>The city is just 70 kilometres (45 miles) from the border with Poland, where US President Joe Biden is currently visiting to shore up support for the fellow NATO-member, just over one month into Russia's assault on Ukraine.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>