Two Killed in Russian Attacks on Ukraine; Lviv Warehouses Set on Fire- Officials
LAHORE MIRROR (REUTERS) – Russia carried out a drone strike on three industrial warehouses in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, resulting in a massive fire and the confirmed death of at least one person, according to local officials.
In addition, Russian forces shelled the southern city of Kherson, resulting in the death of a police officer and injuries to two civilians traveling on a trolleybus, as reported by the head of the city’s military administration.
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko stated, “In the morning, a 49-year-old police sergeant was killed by Russian artillery fire in Kherson.”
In Lviv, firefighters tackled a blaze after three industrial warehouses were hit in an attack at around 5 a.m. (0200 GMT), emergency services said.
Photos released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine showed huge flames lighting up the sky above the burning warehouses.
Lviv mayor Andriy Sadovyi said the body of a man who worked at one of the warehouses had been found under the rubble.
Sadovyi said the warehouses stored windows, household chemicals, and humanitarian aid.