tomorrow. i am afraid that i won t ever see my son again. president biden is getting ready to speak with exins president xi jinping. we are in a general struggle. this will be another consideration where president biden weakness at a time we need strength. futures are being sacrificed by a senseless war entire world. steve: it is 7:00 in the morning on america s east coast. it is 1:00 in the afternoon in ukraine on this friday, march 18th, 2022. we start another hour with a fox news alert. overnight, russian airstrikes landing on nato s doorstep. brian: the mayor of lviv confirming missiles slammed an aircraft repair plant near ukraine taking largest airport 43 miles from poland. rachel: jonathan hunt is in lviv and he joins us live.
people really believe that they will return to their homeland as soon as possible. i know that the family of one of my friends, one of my closest friends, is about also to take one of these vacation trains to the polish town of chelm within the next days. her mother, her brother and grandmother. then they will go to poland, from poland to france in order to reunite with the family there. so, that s the reality for many, many ukrainians, for hundreds of thousands of refugees from this country that have to flee it and flee the war of not their making. i talked also to many other people who stay here in western ukraine. i have to remind that yesterday the aircraft repair plant in lviv was hit by russian missiles, and many people that fled the war
ukraine s most westerly major city has, until now, been seen as a place of sanctuary for many fleeing russian attacks further east. earlier on friday, a large plume of smoke was seen rising from the area around the international airport. that s around six kilometres from the city centre. zhanna bezpiatchuk from the bbc ukrainian service is in lviv and filed this report from near to the airport. i m outside the lviv airport, and this is the perimeter wall of the airfield. the martial law does not allow us to film the premises of the airport or the entrance to it, but just on the opposite side from here, within one kilometre there is the aircraft repair plant that was targeted by russian missiles in the morning. the people were warned in
with many saying russia is trying to wipe the city off the face of the earth. but amid the darkness, the authorities there say 130 people have been rescued from the bomb shelter under the city s theatre, which was attacked two days ago. here s our special correspondent fergal keane. the sense of security here is ebbing after dawn brought this a missile strike aimed at an aircraft repair plant. siren wails nobody was hurt, but this close to the city, it s shaken nerves. guards were jittery, journalists shoved. get your cameras away or i ll break them, a militia man said. people here aren t used to this. the city s mayor reflected the grim mood. translation: there are - no safe and dangerous cities. today, we are all under attack.
call for your free publisher kit today! breaking overnight. a russian airstrike on the city of lviv in western ukraine where so far attacks have been rare. a target? aircraft repair plant from lviv. no injuries reported. the ukrainian military said it was able to intercept two missiles. want to bring back in cnn s scott mclean live from lviv. what more do we know about the missile attack and the significance of bombing so far west now in ukraine? reporter: yeah. this is the first time that a missile has hit within the lviv city limits. previous ones have come close. the most recent was about 25