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Russian drones attack downtown Lviv in broad daylight

NBC News Top Stories·@JaneLytvynenko·7 months ago
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Russian forces launched a drone attack in broad daylight Tuesday on the center of Lviv, a historic city in western Ukraine that had been spared much of the fighting that has devastated other parts of the country. More than a dozen people were reported injured and the number of victims of the surprise attack was expected to rise, officials warned. "There are already 13 injured people in hospitals in Lviv," Mayor Andriy Sadovyi posted online. "The number of victims is increasing." In his evening address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Russians used Iranian-manufactured drones to attack Lviv and that one of these weapons badly damaged the historic 17th century St. Andrew’s ​Church, which is a UNESCO heritage site. "Iranian Shaheds, modernized by Russia, hit a church in Lviv — its absolute perversion," Zelenskyy said. The regional governor warned residents to stay off the streets. Could the U.S. learn from Ukraine to fight Iran’s Shahed drones?…

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