Missile directly hit residential building in Lviv but did not explode, mayor says
Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi has said that a Russian missile hit a residential building on Vyhovskoho Street but did not detonate. Its warhead has been defused. So far, nine people have been rescued from under the rubble.
Source: Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi; Maksym Kozytskyi, Head of Lviv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram
Quote from Sadovyi: "On Vyhovskoho Street, there was a direct missile hit on a residential building. The warhead, which did not detonate, has been neutralised. Next comes the work to safely remove it. Rescue workers, police and bomb disposal experts are working at the scene."
Details: Kozytskyi added that nine people have been rescued from under the rubble of a five-storey building in Lviv. Most of them were hospitalised, but none are in a critical condition.
The number of people injured as a result of the Russian missile strike on Lviv has risen to 31, including three children.
According to Kozytskyi, the oldest person affected is 93 years old and the youngest is a 6-year-old boy who was hospitalised with fractures to two limbs.
"Search and rescue operations are ongoing. There may still be three people trapped under the rubble," Kozytskyi said.
Background:
- On the night of 29-30 July, Russia carried out a large-scale aerial attack against Ukraine.
- Six people, including three children, have been killed in the suburbs of Kryvyi Rih. One person has been killed in Poltava Oblast, a 31-year-old man has been killed in Kyiv, 30 people have been injured in Lviv, and five people have been injured in Kyiv Oblast.
- Russia carried out a large-scale combined attack on Ukraine on the night of 29-30 July, using attack drones as well as air-, land- and sea-launched missiles of various types. Ukrainian air defence downed 320 out of the 358 aerial assets launched by the Russians.
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