A Russian strike on Ukraine's western city of Lviv on Wednesday killed seven people, including three children, the interior minister said.
The attack comes a day after missiles hit the central city of Poltava in one of the single deadliest bombardments of Russia's invasion, which has stretched into its third year.
"In total, seven people died in Lviv, including three children," Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko wrote on Telegram, upping the previously reported toll.
Sirens rang out over the city of Lviv before sunrise on Wednesday, according to Mayor Andriy Sadovy, who advised people to take shelter as air defenses worked to down a barrage of missiles.
The missile attack wounded 40 people, the prosecutor's office said, and damaged residential buildings in the city's historic center as well as schools and medical facilities.
President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced what he called "Russian terrorist strikes on Ukrainian cities."
He also repeated calls for Western partners to provide Ukraine with long-range weapons to "respond justly" to the attacks.
The western city of Lviv has largely been spared the worst of the fighting over the two and a half years of war, but last week, Russian strikes targeted its energy infrastructure causing outages, according to officials.
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