Three former British special forces soldiers are feared to have been killed in a Russian airstrike in Ukraine, the Mirror reports.
It is understood the men died after the blasts near the Polish border, which has left possibly over 100 people dead. Sources told Daily Mirror journalists the former troops were not part of the foreign fighters unit that was being trained at the now destroyed Yavoriv base. READ MOREThe Greater Manchester families who'd take refugees fleeing Ukraine It is not known which branch of special forces they had served in.
As many as 30 cruise missiles were unleashed on the base, 35 miles from the western Ukrainian city of Lviv where thousands of refugees have flocked to.
It is believed all of the missiles were fired by six Russian bombers from within Russia, although a number of them were shot down by Ukrainian ground defence systems.
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