US EditionPolice officer killed, 24 people injured in bombs explosions in Ukraine's Lviv
Two improvised bombs in waste bins killed a 23-year-old police officer and injured 25, with authorities suspecting Russian involvement in this coordinated terrorist attack.
- On February 22, 2026, Ukraine's National Police said one police officer was killed and 24 people injured after explosions struck the city centre of Lviv around 12:25 a.m. as officers responded to a shop break-in.
- The Lviv Oblast's Prosecutor's Office said two homemade explosive devices, planted in waste bins, detonated as patrol crews responded after a shop intrusion call.
- Authorities identified the victim as Viktoria Shpylka, policewoman, and eleven people were admitted to hospital, including six law enforcement officers in serious condition and three on ventilators.
- The prosecutor's office announced that police detained a suspect and that investigations into the 'act of terrorism' are ongoing, with authorities seeking other involved persons.
- The attacks come ahead of February 24 and Ukraine's air defences intercepted 50 Russian missiles and nearly 300 drones overnight, with Ukrenergo reporting power outages.
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Ukrainian woman arrested after police officer killed and dozens injured by homemade bomb in Lviv
A Ukrainian woman has been arrested over her suspected role in a double bombing that killed a 23-year-old female police officer and injured dozens more people in the western city of Lviv.
In Lviv, a policewoman has been killed by several explosions. Ukrainian president sees responsibility for the "cynical terrorist attack" in Russia.
On Sunday night, a policewoman died in a bomb explosion in the West Ukrainian city of Lviv. Twenty-five more people were injured. This time it was not the Russian military, but a Ukrainian woman, who was supposed to have been incited to do so by Moscow ... This was reported by the Ukrainian police, who arrested a 33-year-old Ukrainian woman as a suspected perpetrator. As reported, the explosions had occurred shortly after midnight. First, the se…
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