photo by Maksym Kozytskyi
Today at about 8:30 a.m., an explosion occurred at the traction substation of the Krasne railway stationin the Lviv region as a result of a missile strike. This was reported by the head of the Lviv regional military administration, Maksym Kozytskyi.
Structural units of the State Emergency Service are working at the scene, the fire is still being extinguished. There is no information about the victims as of this hour.
According to the official, one missile was destroyed in the Lviv region by anti-aircraft missile units of the «West» Air Command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The missiles flew to the west of Ukraine from the south-eastern direction, the Russian occupiers fired them from strategic aircraft, probably Tu-95. Data are being updated.
At least 16 passenger trains will be delayed because of this, – Earlier this morning, the head of the railway company «Ukrzaliznytsia», Alexander Kamyshin, said that the shelling took place in several regions of the Central and Western Ukraine which caused the delay of trains.
«Russian troops continue to systematically destroy railway infrastructure. At least 16 passenger trains will be detained,» – he said.
In addition, he mentioned that there were victims in different regions, the details will be informed later.
We will add that today, April 25, sirens about air alarm in the Lviv region sounded at 7:21, after which several explosions were heard at 8:20 p.m. The head of the regional military administration, Maksym Kozytskyi, reported that fires broke out in two settlements in the Zolochiv district. Now, the situation remains under control.
Explosions were also heard in Vinnytsia and Rivne regions, and a day before, April 24, the Russian military launched a missile strike on the Kremenchuk thermal power plant and the Kremenchuk refinery, after which one person was killed and seven were injured.
We will also remind that four missiles hit Lviv o April 18. Three of them targeted an object of military infrastructure (warehouses that were not used), and one hit a tire fitting. As a result, 7people were dead, and 11 injured, among them one child.
Translated by Vitalii Holich
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