Yavoriv Military Base: Military facility in Ukraine
The Yavoriv military base is a military training facility in western Ukraine, in the city of Yavoriv, some 10 km from the border with Poland.
It is 30 kilometers northwest of Lviv in Yavoriv district. It has the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security of the Ukraine–NATO Partnership for Peace program. The base covers an area of around 390 sq km and can hold 1,790 people.
| Yavoriv military base | |
|---|---|
| Yavoriv, Lviv Oblast in Ukraine | |
 A checkpoint at the Yavoriv facility | |
  Yavoriv military base | |
| Coordinates | 50°00′24.1″N 23°30′02.3″E / 50.006694°N 23.500639°E |
| Area | 39,000 hectares (390 km2) |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence (Ukraine) |
| Site history | |
| Battles/wars | 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine |
2022 Russian attack
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the military base was hit by Russian missiles, early on March 13, 2022. According to Ukrainian officials, 30 rockets were fired at the base, killing 35 people and injuring 134 others. Ukrainian officials also said that as many as 1000 foreign fighters had been training at the base as part of the Ukrainian Foreign Legion. The Russian Ministry of Defence announced that it had destroyed "up to 35 foreign mercenaries and [... some] foreign weapons"; the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence said that it had not confirmed any foreigners among the dead. A NATO official stated that there was no NATO personnel at the base, as all personnel had left the country prior to the invasion.
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