Russia targets western Ukraine with missiles overnight and hits civilian infrastructure
Ukrainian officials say a Russian missile attack overnight has damaged multiple civilian buildings in Ukraine’s western region of Lviv and injured local residents
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile attack overnight damaged multiple civilian buildings in Ukraine's western region of Lviv and injured local residents, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday.
Lviv, on the border with Poland, is hundreds of miles (kilometers) away from the frontline but is regularly a target of Russian attacks as Moscow tries to disrupt supply routes for Western weapons and as its war in Ukraine nears the 18-month mark.
Multiple buildings in the region and its namesake capital were damaged in the attack, Lviv Gov. Maksym Kozytskyi said.
A multi-story residential building caught fire in the city of Lviv after missile debris fell on it in the early hours of Tuesday, the governor said. Ten other residential buildings were damaged in the Stavchany and Sukhovolya villages outside the city.
