The Ministry of Internal Affairs said 64 people had to leave their homes. I’m sorry for those people who were killed. She held her hands crossed on her chest as she reacted to the attack. Lviv resident Ganna Fedorenko suffered injuries to her face, where an adhesive plaster on her cheek had turned red with blood. Sadovyi, the mayor, addressed residents in a video message, saying the attack was the largest on Lviv’s civilian infrastructure since the beginning of last year’s invasion. Lviv is near the western border with Poland and is more than 500 kilometers (300 miles) from Kyiv and 700 kilometers (425 miles) from the frontline southern Ukraine region of Kherson Kyiv’s counteroffensive to dislodge Russian forces in southern and eastern Ukraine is in its early stages. The Kremlin’s forces have repeatedly hit civilian areas during the war, though Russian officials say they choose only targets of military value. Ukraine’s air force reported it intercepted seven of the 10 Kalibr cruise missiles that Russia fired from the Black Sea toward the Lviv region and its namesake city - more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) away - around 1 a.m. He announced two days of official mourning. Sadovyi said around 60 apartments and 50 cars in the area of strike were damaged. Kozytskyi said seven survivors were rescued from wreckage and a total of 14 people hospitalized. Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said the body of a woman was pulled from the rubble late Thursday, bring the death toll to six. “This woman survived the Second World War, but unfortunately she didn’t survive” Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kozytskyi said.ĭebris and wrecked parked cars lined the street outside the building, which overlooks a small neighborhood park with swings and other playground equipment. The youngest of the people who died was 21 years old and the oldest was a woman of 95, Lviv province governor Maksym Kozytskyi said. At least 36 people were injured, according to authorities. LVIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia fired cruise missiles Thursday at a western Ukraine city far from the front line of the war, killing at least six people in an apartment building in what officials said was the heaviest attack on civilian areas of Lviv since the Kremlin’s forces invaded the country last year.Įmergency crews with search dogs went through the rubble of the building after the nighttime attack destroyed the roof and the top two floors.
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