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Russian intelligence services coordinated an IED attack on a shopping center in Lviv City that killed one and injured at least 25 people.

Lviv, Lviv Oblast
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Russian intelligence services coordinated the IED attack in Lviv City shopping center

Two explosions occurred in central Lviv near the Magnus shopping centre, killing a police officer and injuring 24 people

The incident is being investigated as a terrorist attack

Explosions rocked Lviv in the early hours of Sunday, February 22.

Preliminary investigations indicate that improvised explosive devices were detonated.

The explosions happened after patrol officers arrived at the scene.

There was no air raid alert in the city at the time.

Two blasts rocked Lviv's historic Old Town in the early hours of Feb. 22, killing one police officer and injuring 25 other victims

One officer was killed and 25 people were injured in the blasts

Explosions ripped through a central shopping street at around midnight, killing a policewoman and injuring 15 people after officers responded to a reported break‑in

This is clearly an act of terrorism

Two explosions occurred in central Lviv on February 22.

Earlier it was reported that explosions were heard in Lviv: law enforcement officers were killed and wounded, Sadovyi declared it a terrorist attack. According to updated information, a 23-year-old policewoman was killed, 24 people were injured, some seriously.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:39.528Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-22-2026