7:02 p.m. ET, April 18, 2022
Ukrainian official: There is not "a town, a city or a village left where it is safe now in Ukraine"
From CNN's Maureen Chowdhury
Ihor Zhovkva, chief diplomatic adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said that there isn't a "single place" in Ukraine that's safe now following Russian missile strikes in Lviv Monday.
"There is not a single place, a town, a city or a village left where it is safe now in Ukraine," Zhovkva told CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
"That's what [the Russians] were trying to implement since the beginning of the war. Because look, they not only fight the military people. They not only fight the military infrastructure. They fight with civilian Ukrainians. I mean what a auto service shop, a car repairing shop has to do with the military infrastructure, but they bombed it today in Lviv, having killed civilian people. Not a single soldier but civilian people, killed," he said.
He made a plea for additional military aid so that Ukraine can "win" the war.
"Please support Ukraine with more arms, and we'll be able to win," Zhovkva said.
The western city of Lviv, seen as a safe haven due to its proximity to the border, came under attack on Monday. Maksym Kozytskyy, the Lviv regional military governor, said three missile strikes hit warehouses that were not being used by the military, and a fourth hit a tire-repair shop. Seven people have died, he said.
Watch the full interview with Zhovkva here:
CNN's Ivana Kottasová contributed to this report.