1 dead, dozens injured in 'terrorist attack' in Ukraine, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian authorities detained a fishy accused of carrying retired a deadly "terrorist attack" successful cardinal Lviv that killed 1 constabulary serviceman and injured 25 others, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday.

Zelenskyy said successful a station connected X that Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko had reported the detention pursuing the early-morning attack.

"My condolences to the household and loved ones... All indispensable resources person been provided to the investigation. The required procedural actions involving the detainee are ongoing. The Ministry of Internal Affairs volition supply further updates arsenic needed," helium wrote.

Ukraine’s National Police said successful a station connected Telegram that authorities initially received a connection astir 12:30 a.m. astir a break-in astatine a store connected Danylyshyn Street.

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Police officers basal astatine the tract of explosions successful downtown Lviv, Ukraine, connected Feb. 22, 2026. (Anastasiia Smolienko/Reuters)

After the archetypal patrol constabulary unit arrived astatine the scene, an detonation occurred. A 2nd blast followed aft different patrol portion responded.

Officials said preliminary findings bespeak improvised explosive devices hidden wrong garbage bins detonated successful the metropolis center. 

Police launched a large-scale cognition aft the blasts, deploying explosives technicians, canine units and different specialized teams.

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Emergency services enactment astatine the country aft explosions killed a 23-year-old policewoman and injured 24 radical successful Lviv, Ukraine, connected Feb. 22, 2026. (Olena Znak/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The National Police said 23-year-old policewoman Victoria Shpylka was killed successful the explosion, portion 25 radical suffered injuries of varying severity. Eleven victims were hospitalized, including six instrumentality enforcement officers who are successful superior condition.

A 33-year-old pistillate from the Rivne portion was detained respective hours aboriginal successful the borderline country of Stary Sambir successful transportation with the attack.

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Ukrainian instrumentality enforcement officers unafraid the country aft an detonation rocked a store successful Lviv, Ukraine, connected Feb. 22, 2026. (Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images)

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Investigators allege she acted astatine the absorption of a "curator" linked to Russian peculiar services and manufactured and planted the explosive devices.

"There is each crushed to judge that the transgression was committed connected the bid of Russia. It is not the archetypal clip that the force purposefully creates decease traps for Ukrainian instrumentality enforcement officers. And astatine the aforesaid clip uses our recruited citizens," said Klymenko.