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Lviv’s mayor says one individual was reported injured up to now and a warehouse broken within the early morning aerial assaults by Russia.
The western Ukrainian metropolis of Lviv was rocked by early morning explosions as air defences engaged in stopping waves of Russian air assaults, native officers mentioned.
Town’s mayor, Andriy Sadoviy, wrote on the Telegram messaging app early on Tuesday that “air defences are working in our area”, and warned residents to hunt shelter.
Ukraine’s Air Power wrote on Telegram that “the specter of Shahed [Iranian-made drones] stays within the Lviv area. Air defences are working”.
Western Ukraine got here beneath an air raid alert beginning at about 00:00 GMT. In response to experiences, a number of waves of drones tried to hit targets in Lviv metropolis beginning at about 01:30 GMT with quite a few explosions heard as air defences intercepted the incoming unmanned aerial automobiles.
Sadoviy later reported {that a} fireplace at an industrial warehouse had damaged out and emergency providers had been tackling the blaze. Preliminary experiences had been of 1 individual injured, he mentioned.
“To date, just one individual has been injured within the assault,” the mayor mentioned on Telegram, including {that a} man in his mid-20s was discovered beneath the rubble of a warehouse and transported to hospital.
The size of the assault and full extent of the harm weren’t instantly recognized. There was no quick remark from Russia.
Although removed from the entrance traces of preventing within the east and south of Ukraine, Lviv has come beneath lethal Russian missile and drone assaults which have focused civilian infrastructure and residential buildings resulting in appreciable harm and lack of life amongst metropolis residents.
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