the united nations also reporting the conflict has resulted in more than 2,000 civilian casualties and close to 800 deaths, though they say the true figures are likely considerably higher. we want to begin this hour in lviv. residents there are bracing for even more attacks after russian troops launched multiple missiles at an aircraft repair plant near the city. nbc s ali arouzi is in lviv for us with more. good to see you again. talk to us more about what we know about this attack and have you seen any more like it so far today? reporter: hey, yasmin, around 6:00 a.m., 6:30 a.m. yesterday morning, there were three or four very loud explosions. the lviv skyline filled up with black smoke, and we learned that the russians had attacked an aircraft repair facility on the outskirts of lviv just four miles from the city center. you know, the russians have opened up fronts on the north, east, and the south of the country, but here in lviv, which
are normal days in the 21-day war. tell me the impact of that, not just in terms of damage it did, but the damage it did to the sense of security in that city. reporter: that s right. lviv is meant to be a safe zone for so many of those waves of displaced people. for many the last place to go so that attack on the outskirts of the city on that air maintenance field shook people up. let me giver you a picture. ten past 6:00 the air raid sirens go off as they usually do. displaced filtered out of the hotels and apartments and go into the underground shelters. about 15 minutes later the sound of four loud explosions. the lviv skyline was then billowing with black smoke. so that shakes up residents here. they have already fled the war torn parts of the east of the
explosions and the lviv skyline was filled with black smoke. and then we learned that the russians had launched an attack on that aircraft maintenance facility just four miles from the city center, and that s the closest lviv has come to this conflict so far. the russians have opened up fronts on the north, east, and south but lviv in the west has remained relatively unscathed, but that may be changing. last week, the russians hit a military base close to the polish border and yesterday morning, they hit this aircraft maintenance facility just four miles from the city center. the ukrainian air force say that the russians launched six cruise missiles from the black sea. the ukrainians say that they intercepted two of those missiles, but it pretty much destroyed that facility, which was probably housing some of ukraine s dwindling, aging aircraft, and it shows that the russians are now going after infrastructure that s keeping