Interior Minister Igor Klymenko wrote on Telegram that the missiles had struck a residential building and destroyed its upper floors.
At least five people were killed in the attack and another 37 were wounded, including a child, officials and the emergency services.
The attack came as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who vowed a tangible response to the strike, arrived for an official visit in Bulgaria, a major ammunition producer and supporter.
“CEILING STARTED TO FALL”
Rescuers were working to reach those still trapped, and AFP footage showed emergency responders clearing rubble and wood from the gutted first floor of a building in Lviv.
Cars covered in dust and with their windows blown out lined a pavement piled with debris.
One elderly woman carried a caged bird away from the scene.
“I woke up from the first explosion, but we didn’t have time to leave the apartment,” Olya, 37, told AFP.
“There was a second explosion, the ceiling started to fall, my mother was immediately hit,” she said.
“I got to the window, started screaming, and in about half an hour the rescuers got to me, took me out and took me to the eighth hospital,” Olya added.
“I came back and found out that my mother had died, my neighbours had died. At this point, it seems that I was the only one who survived from the fourth floor. It’s a miracle.”
More than 50 apartments were “ruined” and a dormitory at Lviv Polytechnic University was damaged, Mayor Andriy Sadovyi posted on Telegram.
An office building had been damaged and a school building had been destroyed, he said, later announcing two official days of mourning.
Zelenskyy said on social media that “Russian terrorists” were responsible for the destruction, adding: “There will definitely be a response to the enemy. A tangible one.”
“SORTING THROUGH DEBRIS”
Ukraine has recently bolstered its air defence systems with Western-supplied weapons and the number of Russian missiles and drones breaking through has diminished.
Slow weapons deliveries to Ukraine delayed Kyiv’s planned counteroffensive, allowing Russia to bolster its defences in occupied areas, Zelenskyy said in a TV interview broadcast Wednesday.
Zelenskyy is due to visit Istanbul on Friday for talks with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an important broker in the conflict, Turkish media reported.
Source: CNA
