The Ukrainian city of Lviv, situated close to the nation's border with Poland, was hit by heavy explosions Tuesday, amid the continuing warfare between Ukraine and Russia.

In a tweet, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi wrote, "Explosions in Lviv. Please keep within the bomb shelters!"

In a number of subsequent tweets, the mayor mentioned that "A part of Lviv experiences energy outages," following the explosions. "In the results of the rocket strike two energy substations have been broken. Part of town would not have an electrical energy," the mayor mentioned in a 3rd tweet.

The information of explosions in Lviv comes amid continued preventing between Ukrainian and Russian navy forces after Russia declared a "particular navy operation" and invaded the neighboring nation on February 24.

A number of different social media customers shared movies and pictures of the explosions seen and heard in Lviv on Tuesday.

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Ukraine's city of Lviv, situated close to the Polish border, was rocked by a number of explosions on Tuesday. Above, smoke is seen rising following an air strike within the western Ukrainian metropolis of Lviv, on Could 3, 2022. YURIY DYACHYSHYN/AFP/Getty

"Cruise missiles hitting Lviv about an hour in the past," Twitter person Neil Hauser wrote in response to a video from TPYXA information.

The Kyiv Unbiased additionally confirmed that the city was hit by a minimum of one missile.

"2 electrical substations broken by missile assault in Lviv, in keeping with Mayor Andriy Sadovy," the Kyiv Unbiased wrote in a tweet. "Ukrainian Railways firm mentioned that the trains heading to Lviv are being delayed as a result of Russians focused the substations which might be a part of the railway infrastructure."

CNN's Jim Sciutto additionally posted concerning the explosions in Lviv, writing "Blasts heard in Lviv, Ukraine, coming from east, south and west of town middle. One website is near town middle. From one other, an enormous plume of black smoke may be seen billowing throughout sky. All of the lights throughout metropolis seem like out. - CNN groups reporting."

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke Tuesday along with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron. In line with Reuters, citing Russian information companies, Putin advised Macron that Western nations may cease "warfare crimes (and) huge shelling of cities and settlements in Donbas," by ending arms deliveries to Ukraine.

"The West may assist put an finish to those atrocities by exerting acceptable affect on the Kyiv authorities and by halting arms deliveries to Ukraine," the Kremlin mentioned, in keeping with Reuters.

Earlier in April, Russian navy forces have been accused of attacking the city of Lviv, which is roughly 43 miles from the Polish border, the place many Ukrainians have fled to amid the continuing warfare.

On April 18, Sadovyi wrote on Twitter that a minimum of 5 missiles had hit the city of Lviv.

"One of many missiles hit a civilian object - tire. Beforehand, 6 individuals died. 11 have been injured, together with 1 little one," the Lviv mayor wrote on April 18.

Newsweek reached out to the overseas ministries in Ukraine and Russia for remark.