Russian air strike kills 7 in Ukraine's Lviv
Russian drones and hypersonic missiles targeted the city of Lviv, killing seven, including a baby and two girls aged 9 and 14.
Ukrainian rescuers work to extinguish a fire following a missile attack in Lviv on 4 September 2024. A Russian strike on Ukraine's western city of Lviv has killed seven people, including three children, the interior minister said on September 4, 2024. Picture: AFP
JOHANNESBURG - Three children were among seven people who were killed in the latest Russian attack on Ukraine on Wednesday.
Russian drones and hypersonic missiles targeted the city of Lviv, killing seven, including a baby and two girls aged 9 and 14.
EWN's Orrin Singh was recently in Lviv and filed this report.
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Shortly before 6am, air raid sirens sounded off in Lviv, in western Ukraine.
And while Ukrainians have become accustomed to these sirens, many continuing with their day-to-day activities as they sound off, this time was different.
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Russian forces unleashed several drones and hypersonic missiles on the city, killing seven people and injuring at least 30 others.
When EWN visited Ukraine last month, the head of Lviv's regional military administration, Maksym Kozytskyi, explained why the city remains a target, two years into the war.
"One of the reasons is because the Lviv region is one of the most industrially developed regions in Ukraine," said Kozytskyi.
More than 50 structures, including schools, homes and clinics in the heart of the city were destroyed in the latest attack.