slow going, trying to push through russian defences, probing them, looking for a place where perhaps a largerforce can be pushed through, but clearly there was a lot of shock today at that targeted strike which killed so many in lviv. we can speak now to ambassador bill taylor, former us ambassador to ukraine, and vice president for europe and russia at the us institute for peace. good evening to you, thanks for joining us. how significant is it to see such a large strike on lviv, so farfrom the it to see such a large strike on lviv, so far from the front lines? . on lviv, so far from the front fines? ., , .h , fines? that is exactly the oint, fines? that is exactly the point. but fines? that is exactly the point, but there - fines? that is exactly the point, but there is - fines? that is exactly the point, but there is no - fines? that is exactly the - point, but there is no military rationale for these strikes. it is not close to the front line, there were no military target
they are russian weapons. he said, well, if ukraine can fight with other peoples weapons, meaning nato weapons, then why can t i? the new york times is reporting that president biden is leaning towards sending ukraine cluster munitions which can be used to drop small bombs across land that can indiscriminately hurt civilians. more than 100 countries signed a ban on them dating more than 15 years back, according to the un. the us is not party to this band. ukraine is facing dwindling resources as it continues its counter offensive against russia. it is requesting more support from its allies. meanwhile russian missiles hit the western city of lviv, killing at least six people. ukraine s air force says the missile strike deliberately targeted civilians, despite russia claiming they only go after military targets. our gordon corera is in kyiv with the latest. the city of lviv is way out in the west of the country close to the polish border, a long way from the frontlines of this confl
hours of the morning. and you can see from the images that the devastation caused was extensive, with the roof torn off, the upper floor seriously damaged, people trapped underneath the rubble for hours. now, the russian military claimed it had carried out precision strikes against military targets, but the mayor of lviv said that this was the most significant attack against civilian infrastructure since the conflict began, since the full scale invasion of february last year. president zelensky of ukraine promised a response, a tangible response , he said, in an online message although he didn t specify exactly what that would be. this is just the latest attack which has killed civilians, three were killed by a drone strike in sumy earlier this week and last week 13 people were killed when a pizzeria restaurant in kramatorsk was hit by a missile and meanwhile the counteroffensive by ukrainian forces goes on,
in belarus for a while by mr lukashenko. onjune 27th he confirmed the mercenary group leader had arrived in the country, as part of a deal to end the rebellion. ina in a press conference lukashenko said he was going to discuss evgeny prigozhin with vladimir putin and said putin would not wipe out. in ukraine, a russian rocket has hit an apartment building overnight in the western city of lviv, killing at least four people. the mayor of lviv says the attack has left more than 30 people injured one seriously. he says more than fifty flats have been damaged. these aerial images show the scale of the attack. the top floors of the apartment building have been devastated by the force of the explosion. emergency workers are still at the scene, amid fears more people could be trapped under the rubble. the attack is being described as the largest on lviv s civilian infrastructure since the start of the full scale invasion. the city is hundreds of kilometres from the frontlines. some residents
we ve seen which has killed civilians in recent days and weeks. one killed three as a result of a drone strike, and just over a week ago, a missile strike on a pizzeria in premature sc killed 13 people in premature sc killed 13 people in krematorsk. that i think is seen as a sideshow from the very real war thatis as a sideshow from the very real war that is being seen around ukraine at the moment. just that is being seen around ukraine at the moment- the moment. just in the last couple of minutes. the moment. just in the last couple of minutes, we ve the moment. just in the last couple of minutes, we ve just the moment. just in the last couple of minutes, we ve just got - the moment. just in the last couple of minutes, we ve just got a - the moment. just in the last couple of minutes, we ve just got a note . of minutes, we ve just got a note from afp news agency, condemning the bombing of historic buildings in lviv. there isn t any more detail than that, butjust to say lvi