Missile strike on an apartment building in Lviv kills ten
Confirmedon two or more distinct origins, at least one tied to no party: 2 distinct origins, 2 tied to no party.
A pre-dawn missile strike hit a residential building in Lviv in western Ukraine. Lviv mayor Andrii Sadovyi said 10 people were killed and 42 injured, with 60 flats heavily damaged and another 35 buildings hit, and said the weapon was a Russian Kalibr cruise missile. UN humanitarian coordinator Denise Brown said the attack by Russian forces had killed and injured people whose homes were hit while they slept. It was one of the deadliest strikes on the western city since the full-scale invasion began.
- When
- 6 July 2023
- Where
- Lviv, Ukraine
- What
- missile attack
- Acting party
- Ministry of Defence of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Ukrainian officials named a Russian Kalibr missile and the UN humanitarian coordinator attributed the attack to Russian forces; no Russian statement on this strike was found.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · monthly summary
Sources
- Origin of the claim Kyiv Independent
- Corroboration UN Ukraine
- Corroboration UN Ukraine
UNESCO condemns the bombing that hit a historic building in L'viv last night
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | confirmed | P1 monthly summary: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
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The War Record, "Missile strike on an apartment building in Lviv kills ten", ev-20261027-k072, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-k072/