Russia Launches Massive Drone Barrage on Ukraine, Damaging Lviv's Historic Center
Russia fired nearly 1,000 attack drones over 24 hours Tuesday, including a rare daytime assault that killed at least three people and wounded over 30 across regions like Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Dnipro, Poltava, Zaporizhia, and Sumy. In Lviv, the strike hit near St. Andrew's Church and Bernardine Monastery, hospitalizing 13 with the toll possibly reaching 22, while Ivano-Frankivsk saw two deaths including a police officer and injuries to a six-year-old. Officials called it cynical destruction of history and a sign of escalating tactics, with Ukraine downing 541 drones as Zelenskyy urges stronger Western aid amid strikes on once-safe cities.