At least nine people were killed and dozens more injured in an attack on a residential building in Lviv, a western Ukrainian city near the Polish border, as Russian forces carried out strikes overnight. The assault struck a neighborhood housing families and everyday life, leaving a scene of rubble and fear across the area.
Officials from Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed the new casualty figure and said search and rescue teams are still working at the site. The mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovyi, indicated that the street will remain closed while emergency crews remove debris and recover those who perished. He noted that roughly 60 apartments and 50 cars in the area were damaged, underscoring the broad impact of the bombing on residents and their livelihoods.
President Volodymyr Zelensky released a public address that accompanied footage showing the damage from what he described as a nighttime assault by Russian terrorists. He asserted that there would be a response to the attack and emphasized the serious human cost of the strikes.
Denise Brown, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, condemned the attack and stressed that humanitarian law requires the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure. Brown recalled waking to the blasts in Lviv and highlighted the injuries and fatalities caused by shelling as residents slept, with homes heavily damaged in the process. Her remarks called for continued aid and protection for civilians amid ongoing hostilities.
The UN official also reminded the international community that the region has faced a sequence of violent events, including deadly strikes in Kramatorsk and recent bombings in Kharkiv, Sumy, and other Ukrainian areas. She framed the current violence as part of a broader pattern of disruption and loss that Ukrainians are enduring daily as the conflict persists. Brown expressed the UN’s ongoing commitment to support the Ukrainian people and extended condolences to grieving families, wishing a speedy recovery for the injured. The humanitarian community vows to sustain aid, logistics, and essential services to affected neighborhoods while relief efforts proceed under challenging conditions.