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Reuters

A Russian missile nighttime strike killed at least five people in Lviv on Thursday in the biggest attack on the western Ukrainian city’s civilian infrastructure since Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian officials said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a one-minute video online showing a building with parts of the roof and upper floors destroyed, windows smashed, and rescuers searching through the debris for survivors. He said there would be a response.
“Unfortunately, there are wounded and dead. My condolences to the families,” Zelensky said on the Telegram messaging app.
“There definitely will be a response to the enemy. It will be a noticeable one.”

Emergency crews with search dogs went through the rubble of the building after the nighttime attack destroyed the roof and the top two floors. At least 36 people were injured, according to authorities.
The youngest of the five people who died was 21 years old and the oldest was a woman of 95, Lviv province Governor Maksym Kozytskyi said. “This woman survived the Second World War, but unfortunately she didn’t survive” Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kozytskyi said.
Debris and wrecked parked cars lined the street outside the building, which overlooks a small neighbourhood park with swings and other playground equipment.
The last victim was pulled from the wreckage hours after the attack, and seven survivors were rescued, the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs said.
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“The Russians, Rashists, say that they are bombing military objects but they hit a peaceful house. People were sleeping. How could they do it?” said Lviv resident Vira Luben, a woman in her seventies, using a derogatory term for Russians.
Holding back tears, she added: “World – save and help us, because without you we will not manage to deal with them.”
Reuters television footage showed residents calming their crying neighbours while others helped rescuers sweep up shattered glass.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia had attacked Lviv with Kalibr missiles launched from the Black Sea. It said seven out of 10 missiles were shot down.
Ukrainian air force updates about the missiles’ course during the night showed they flew to the Kyiv region first, then turned west and flew toward Lviv.
Russia often changes the route of their missiles and drones to find weak spots in Ukraine’s air defences.

Moscow did not immediately comment on the attack. It denies deliberately targeting civilians despite repeatedly hitting residential areas in frequent air strikes across Ukraine.
Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi called it the largest attack of the war on civilian infrastructure in a city that is far from front lines and about 70km (43 miles) from the border with Nato member Poland.
Lviv was home to about 700,000 people before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. The population has swollen since the war began because many people have fled to the city from fighting and air strikes in other parts of the country.
Sadovyi said that 35 houses, an office complex, a student campus, a school, and 50 cars were damaged. He said windows in hundreds of flats were smashed and the city would provide 100 million hryvnias (US$2.7 million) for repairs.
Like the rest of the country, Lviv suffered power outages when Russia fired hundreds of missiles over the winter, aiming to destroy Ukraine’s energy system. However, the attacks in the city were not as frequent as in the capital Kyiv, and Thursday’s strike was a big shock to many.
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Ukrainians shared messages of support on social media for Lviv residents.
Andriy Yermak, head of Zelensky’s office, condemned the attack, called for more air defence systems from allies and urged Ukraine’s Western partners to accept it as a Nato member.
The military alliance holds a summit next week but some members are wary of any move that might take the alliance closer to war with Russia.
In excerpts of an interview with CNN that were released on Wednesday, Zelensky said that he had hoped to launch a counteroffensive against Russian forces sooner than last month, and that he had urged Western allies to accelerate the supply of weapons for that mission.
Additional reporting by Associated Press


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Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s Lviv hits residential block, kills 5, injures over 30

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Rescuers search through debris of building in Lviv for survivors and casualties

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed a ‘noticeable’ response