💥 Attack

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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Institute for the Study of War Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

A 23-year-old police officer was killed and 24 people were injured in a terrorist attack in Lviv

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The officer killed was Viktoriia Shpylka, originally from Volyn region who later moved to Kherson

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

She graduated from Lviv State University of Internal Affairs and joined the patrol police

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

She first served in the Kherson region and since 2023 in the Lviv region

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

A patrol police service vehicle and a civilian vehicle were damaged

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Preliminary reports indicate that improvised explosive devices detonated

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

At around 00:30, a report was received about a break-in at a store on Danylyshyna Street

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

After a patrol police crew arrived, an explosion occurred. When a second crew arrived, another explosion went off

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

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

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

The incident is being investigated as a terrorist attack

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

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

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

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

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

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

Kyiv Post → Source tone: uncertain

This is clearly an act of terrorism

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Two explosions occurred in central Lviv on February 22.

Censor.NET → Source tone: uncertain

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: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.938Z

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