Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones against Ukraine in a large-scale overnight assault, officials reported on Sunday, resulting in the deaths of at least five individuals and causing damage to civilian infrastructure, including energy facilities across various regions.
Moscow has intensified its attacks, particularly targeting Ukraine’s energy grid and gas production sites in recent weeks as the fourth winter of conflict approaches, while diplomatic efforts to resolve the fighting have stalled.
According to local prosecutors, four of the victims in the overnight strikes were family members who perished when their residential building in the western Lviv region, which borders Poland, was destroyed.
An industrial park in Lviv’s regional capital was also set on fire, and parts of the city were left without electricity, as reported by Mayor Andriy Sadovyi, who had advised residents early on Sunday to remain indoors while authorities fought multiple blazes.
LARGEST ATTACK OF THE WAR ON LVIV, SAYS GOVERNOR
A Reuters correspondent reported hearing explosions echoing across the dark morning sky as air defenses engaged targets from various directions.
Governor Maksym Kozytskyi stated that the assault on Lviv was the largest of the war in the Lviv region, involving 140 drones and 23 missiles.
In the village near Lviv where the family members lost their lives, rescue workers sifted through piles of debris, with only the foundation of their building remaining.
Local official Volodymyr Hutnyk noted that 10 other nearby homes were irreparably damaged.
In southeastern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia, one person was killed and 10 others injured in a combined strike that left over 73,000 customers without power, according to Governor Ivan Fedorov.
By early afternoon, service had been restored to more than 20,000 customers, he added.
Civilian infrastructure was also affected in the regions of Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinnytsia, Chernihiv, Kherson, Kharkiv, and Odesa, as stated by Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko.
