Three schools were destroyed in the Russian attack, which came just two days after the start of the Ukrainian school year. Also destroyed were a recreation center and several residential buildings, including at least seven architectural monuments of local significance.
Besides Lviv, another major city, Kryvyi Rih, was struck on Wednesday morning, in a Russian attack which injured five people and destroyed a hotel, 32 residential buildings, four schools and other civilian infrastructure.
“Any partner in the world who helps Ukraine with air defense is a true defender of life,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram after the attacks. “And everyone who convinces partners to give Ukraine more long-range capabilities to respond fairly to terror is working to prevent exactly this kind of Russian terrorist attack on Ukrainian cities. Terror must be stopped.”