Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for more pressure on Moscow after multiple people were killed and dozens injured in a wave of Russian attacks across the country.
Zelensky said on Tuesday that the “scale of today’s attack strongly indicates that Russia has no intention of really ending this war.”
A series of Russian airstrikes overnight were followed by drone attacks during the daytime, including in the historic centre of the western city of Lviv.
Mayor Andrii Sadovyi said 26 people are being treated in hospitals in the wake of Russian drone attacks.
He reported strikes in several parts of the city, noting that one residential building was hit twice.
Lviv’s old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was added to the list of endangered sites in 2023 due to the Russian invasion, which has been ongoing for more than four years.
Zelensky said a fire broke out at St Andrew’s Church, whose history dates back to the early 17th century.
Elsewhere, two people were killed in an attack on the centre of Ivano-Frankivsk, Governor Svitlana Onishchuk wrote on Telegram.
Four others were injured, including a child, while a separate attack in Vinnytsia left one dead and 13 injured according to Governor Nataliya Zabolotna.
The latest attacks came after Russian airstrikes overnight left four people dead and dozens injured across the country, Zelensky said.
Russia continues to target Ukraine’s energy supply in particular, Zelensky said, adding that more than 550 drones were deployed.
Most of them were intercepted, but there were also strikes in nine regions, he said.