Seven people died and 45 others were injured in a nighttime Russian attack in Lviv.
The RMA head Maksym Kozytskyy and Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyy, as well as the State Emergency Service, reported on the consequences.
Local authorities reported that three of the victims were children, including a 14-year-old girl. At the same time, according to the State Emergency Service, there were two children who died. There are also children among the injured.
"There are five children among the victims. What is known as of now: one 15-year-old child is in moderate condition, four have light injuries," Kozitskyy wrote on Telegram.
The wreckage of the downed missile was found on the territory of Lviv International Airport. According to preliminary information, the airport's infrastructure was not damaged, the State Emergency Service said.
According to the Prosecutor General's Office, the attack damaged residential buildings in the historic part of the city. Educational and medical institutions were also damaged.
"Under the procedural supervision of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office, a pre-trial investigation has been initiated in criminal proceedings over the violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder (Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)," the statement said.
According to Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyy, residential buildings in the city were damaged as a result of hostile shelling. Residential buildings near the main railway station are on fire.
"Two schools will not start classes today: students of Arnika and 17 remain at home. There are many broken windows in the area of Konovalets, Braty Mykhnovsky, Melnyk streets. We are clarifying information about the victims," Sadovyy said.
He also clarified information about the dead. Doctors reported the deaths of a woman and a man: the deceased was 50 years old, she worked as a nurse-midwife at the 5th polyclinic in Lviv. Information about the deceased man is being clarified.
According to the press service of the First Medical Unit, 45 patients were taken to hospitals. Among them are 7 children, none of them are seriously injured.
There are 18 patients in St Luke's Hospital, 14 in St Panteleymon's Hospital, and three children in St Nicholas Hospital.
"Operating rooms are deployed. Trauma medical teams are working. Right now, critical patients are being saved in 6 operating units. The nature of the injuries is explosive shrapnel wounds to the torso, chest, limbs and face. There are also injuries to internal organs, lung and vascular injuries," commented Nataliya Matolinets, director of the First Medical Unit of Lviv.