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Death toll in Lviv missile strikes rises to seven-UPDATED-1

18 April 2022 14:53 (UTC +04:00)

"Seven people are dead and 11 injured after Russia launched four missile strikes in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv," regional military governor Maksym Kozytskyy said, APA reports citing CNN.

The toll could rise further as rescue efforts continue, he added.

"The rubble is still being dismantled, so the numbers [are] not final yet," said Kozytskyy. "Three are heavily injured, a child is mildly injured."

Three missiles hit warehouses and a fourth hit a tire repair shop, said Kozytskyy.

Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said the strikes shattered windows in eight residential buildings as well as a school.

*** 11:51

Some people have been killed in rocket attacks by the Russian army in Lviv, the head of the Lviv region Maxim Kozitsky wrote on Facebook, APA reports.

"According to the Western Air Command, four rockets were fired at Lviv this morning. 3 of them were fired at military infrastructure. Fires emerged as a result of blows. Fire extinguishing is underway. Facilities were seriously damaged. Unfortunately, there are casualties. 6 people dies, and 8 were injured. There is a child among the dead."

***10:26

Five missiles have hit the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, its mayor said on Monday, APA reports citing CNN.

Mayor Andrii Sadovyi said on Facebook that "relevant services" had been sent to the site of the blasts.

"We are clarifying the details," he added.

Presidential adviser, Mykhailo Podolyak, added: “Five powerful missile strikes on the civilian infrastructure of ancient European Lviv. The Russians continue to barbarically attack Ukrainian cities from the air, cynically declaring to the whole world their ‘right’ ... to kill Ukrainians.”