KYIV, March 11, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed on Friday

in Russian strikes on the Lutsk military airport in northwest Ukraine, local
authorities said.

"At 05:45 am (0345 GMT), four rockets were fired... by a Russian army bomber
on the Lutsk military airfield," said regional administration official Yuriy
Pohuliayko on Telegram, adding that "two soldiers were killed and six
wounded".

Earlier, Russian defence ministry spokesman Igor Konachenkov announced that
"Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk military airfields had been put out of action".

Lutsk mayor Ihor Polishchuk wrote on Facebook: "Explosions at the airport
side. Everyone to shelters! Do not publish any photos, addresses or
coordinates!"

Meanwhile, Russian strikes in Dnipro in central Ukraine on Friday killed at
least one civilian, according to local emergency services.

Early on Friday, "there were three air strikes on the city, namely hitting a
kindergarten, an apartment building and a two-story shoe factory, starting a
fire. One person died," they said in a statement.