Russia strikes western Ukraine, killing one and injuring more than a dozen

Russia attacked western Ukraine on Thursday, killing one person in Lviv and injuring more than 10 people in the Zakarpattia region, according to local authorities.

Russian drones and cruise missiles targeted Lviv overnight, Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported strikes in several parts of the city, damaging private homes, nonresidential buildings, and vehicles.

One person was killed and three others injured, according to Sadovyi.

The Russian military also fired cruise missiles at a facility in the city of Mukachevo in the Zakarpattia region, destroying warehouse buildings, according to local authorities.

By 7:00 a.m., 12 people had been reported injured with varying degrees of severity.

Mukachevo’s mayor, Andriy Baloga, said the target was a civilian enterprise “that provided jobs for thousands of residents of the city and district.” The BBC’s Ukrainian Service reported that the strike destroyed a plant owned by an American company, though it did not specify which one. Politika Strany wrote that the facility hit was an electronics factory operated by Flex.

Ukraine’s Air Force said the Russian military launched 574 drones and decoy drones, along with 40 missiles, overnight. Air defenses reportedly shot down 546 drones and 21 missiles.