Police officer killed, 24 people wounded in bomb explosions in Ukraine's Lviv

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 wounded 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.