Civilian deaths shatter sense of security in western Ukraine: audio report

The western Ukrainian city of Lviv, which has so far been largely unscathed by the war, recorded its first civilian deaths after Russian strikes early this week.

A car repair shop hit by a Russian air strike in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on April 18, 2022.

Photo: EPA/MYKOLA TYS

At least seven people were killed and 11 injured in the attack on Monday morning, Andriy Sadovyi, the city's mayor, said that day, warning that the death toll could rise as emergency services were still clearing through the rubble.

Lviv is the hub through which tens of thousands of people have fled to neighbouring Poland after withstanding weeks of strikes in cities such as Kyiv, Kharkiv, Kherson and Mariupol.

Halyna Pastushuk has this report.

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