Russia’s strike on Ukraine’s Lviv kills seven: minister

A Russian strike on Ukraine’s western
city of Lviv on Wednesday killed seven people, including three children, the
interior minister said.

The attack comes a day after missiles hit the central city of Poltava in one
of the single deadliest bombardments of Russia’s invasion, which has
stretched into its third year.

“In total, seven people died in Lviv, including three children,” Internal
Affairs Minister Igor Klymenko wrote on Telegram, upping the previously
reported toll.

Sirens rang out over the city of Lviv before sunrise on Wednesday, according
to Mayor Andriy Sadovy, who advised people to take shelter as air defences
worked to down a barrage of missiles.

The missile attack wounded 40 people, the prosecutor’s office said, and
damaged residential buildings in the city’s historic centre as well as
schools and medical facilities.

President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced what he called “Russian terrorist
strikes on Ukrainian cities.”

He also repeated calls for Western partners to provide Ukraine with long-
range weapons to “respond justly” to the attacks.

The western city of Lviv has largely been spared the worst of the fighting
over the two and a half years of war, but last week, Russian strikes targeted
its energy infrastructure causing outages, according to officials. (BSS/AFP)