2023-07-06 21:05:26
After the Russian rocket attack on a residential area in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv in the night of yesterday, the number of reported deaths has risen to six. Late that evening, authorities said another woman had been pulled from the rubble of a destroyed building.
Probably still people under rubble
According to official information, around 40 people were injured. Search and rescue operations continued. There is information that people are still trapped under the rubble, it said. Two houses are said to have been completely destroyed.
According to the information, more than 60 people were evacuated from the destroyed houses. Seven people were rescued from the rubble. Overall, damage to 35 buildings was mentioned. A mourning was declared in the city for two days.
Selenskyj announces a “tangible answer”.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that there would be “definitely a response to the enemy.” “A noticeable one,” he said via Telegram. Videos show badly damaged and in some cases almost completely destroyed residential buildings on an entire street. Zelenskyj wrote: “Consequences of the night attack by Russian terrorists.”
Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi spoke of the worst attack on Lviv’s civilian infrastructure since Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine began more than 16 months ago. He announced that the destroyed houses would be rebuilt.
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.
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