2023-07-07 05:52:27
The death toll following the rocket attack on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv (Lemberg) has risen to ten. The tenth fatality – the body of a woman – was recovered from the rubble of a residential building on Friday morning, Mayor Andriy Sadowyj said via telegram. According to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, 42 people, including three children, were injured in the rocket attack in a residential area on Thursday night.
The upper floors of a large block of flats with multiple entrances were completely destroyed by the missile impact, videos showed. According to official information, there was talk of damage to 35 buildings. A mourning was declared in the city for two days.
Sadovyi had spoken of the worst attack on Lviv’s civilian infrastructure since the start of Russia’s war of aggression once morest Ukraine more than 16 months ago.
Russia had attacked Lviv with Kalibr cruise missiles shot down from the Black Sea, the Ukrainian Air Force said. Seven out of ten Russian missiles were able to destroy the air defense.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had already announced that there would be “definitely an answer to the enemy”. “A noticeable one.”
Lviv is only regarding 70 kilometers east of the Polish border. The city, which originally had 720,000 inhabitants, is also home to many refugees from the embattled areas in eastern Ukraine.
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