Tragic Russian Airstrike in Lviv Kills Seven, Including Children, Say Regional Officials

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 LVIV, UKRAINE – A Russian airstrike on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, near the border with NATO member Poland, claimed the lives of seven people, including three children, according to Mayor Andriy Sadovy on Telegram.

This devastating attack followed the year's deadliest strike the previous day when Russia targeted a military institute in Poltava with two ballistic missiles, killing 50 and wounding hundreds more.

In Lviv, a 14-year-old girl was among those killed in the drone and missile assault, as reported by regional governor Maksym Kozytskyi on Telegram. The attack also injured five children. Mayor Sadovyi confirmed that the victims included a midwife nurse and a man, with 35 others receiving medical treatment.

In a video shared on Telegram, showing the mayor amid the rubble of a destroyed building, Sadovyi stated that over 50 structures, including schools, homes, and clinics, most of them located in the city's core, had been damaged. A Reuters witness also confirmed damage to buildings in the area.

Meanwhile, neighboring Poland scrambled its aircraft on Wednesday for the third time in eight days to secure its airspace, according to the armed forces' operational command. "This has been another intense night for our entire air defense system due to the long-range strikes by the Russian Federation," the command shared on X (formerly Twitter).

Russia also launched missile attacks on Kyiv and several other regions on Wednesday, though no immediate damage was reported. In the past 10 days, Russia has unleashed hundreds of missiles and drones on Ukraine, which some Russian military bloggers describe as Moscow's response to Kyiv's recent incursions into Russian territory.

Moscow has yet to comment on the attacks in Poltava, Lviv, and Kyiv, though it has consistently claimed that its strikes are aimed at Ukraine's military, energy, and transport infrastructure, rather than civilians.