Five people killed in Lviv Oblast in Russian night attack
Five people were killed in Lviv Oblast as a result of a large-scale Russian attack on the night and morning of 8-9 March.
Source: Maksym Kozytskyi, Head of Lviv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram; Ihor Hrynkiv, Mayor of Zolochiv, on air during the 24/7 national joint newscast
Quote: "In Zolochiv district, an enemy missile fell in a residential area. A fire started. It has already been put out.
At this moment, it is known that there are four killed. These are four adults. Two men and two women."
Updated: Kozytskyi reported at 9:20 that the death toll had risen to five. Rescue workers found the body of another man, born in 1963, under the rubble.
Details: The head of the Oblast Military Administration noted that the victims were at home when the missile landed.
Rescue workers continue to clear the debris. There may be other people under it.
According to Kozytskyi, the fire destroyed three residential buildings, three cars, a garage and several outbuildings.
Ihor Hrynkiv, Mayor of Zolochiv City, reported that the tragedy happened in the village of Velyka Vilshanytsia. Rescue workers are looking for one more person under the rubble.
Quote from Hrynkiv: "A missile fell on two residential buildings. These buildings have been completely destroyed. Search and rescue crews, local residents and the police have been working since 04:00. Four bodies have recently been recovered. The fifth resident is being searched for under the rubble now."
Чотири людини загинули у Львівській області у результаті масованої атаки росіян вночі та вранці 9 березня. Відео з Telegram Козицького pic.twitter.com/BrhUcoa7sM
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Background:
- An air-raid warning was issued throughout Ukraine on the night of 8-9 March.
- A missile hit an energy infrastructure facility in Odesa Oblast. The air defence system was activated in Kyiv Oblast. In Kyiv, during a large-scale air-raid warning, explosions occurred in several districts, with casualties. In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, a Russian attack resulted in one killed and several wounded. The Russian army launched about 15 strikes on Kharkiv and the Oblast.
- The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was completely without power because of the Russian missile attack on the night of 8-9 March, which might cause an accident with radiation consequences for the whole world.
- Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said that Russia fired 81 missiles of various types at Ukraine, and the air defence units shot down 34 of the 48 cruise missiles fired on the night of 8-9 March.
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