Police officer killed, 24 people injured in bombs explosions in Ukraine's Lviv

KYIV, Feb ⁠22 (Reuters) - One police ⁠officer was killed and ‌24 other people were injured after several explosive devices detonated ​at midnight in ⁠Lviv in ⁠western Ukraine, the National Police ⁠said ‌on Sunday. Read full story Law enforcement employees work at the site of explosions in the city's downtown where police say their officers were killed and injured, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine February 22, 2026. REUTERS/Roman Baluk KYIV, Feb ⁠22 (Reuters) - One police ⁠officer was killed and ‌24 other people were injured after several explosive devices detonated ​at midnight in ⁠Lviv in ⁠western Ukraine, the National Police ⁠said ‌on Sunday."It has been preliminarily ⁠established that homemade explosive devices ​detonated," ‌the police said on ⁠the ​Telegram messaging service.The police said that the ⁠first explosion occurred after ​a patrol crew arrived at the suspected scene ⁠of a shop break-in, while the second explosion occurred a little later.The ​mayor of ⁠Lviv, Andriy Sadovyi, called ​the incident ‌a terrorist act. (Reporting ​by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by Thomas Derpinghaus) Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel for breaking news alerts and key updates! Report a mistake What is the issue about? Spelling and grammatical error Factually incorrect Story is irrelevant This field is mandatory. Please provide details of the report. Email (optional) Please enter valid email. Report issue Cancel Invalid captcha response. Please re-try again. Thank you for your report!