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. 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. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on X ​that police ⁠had detained a suspect, but ​did not provide ‌further details.

Source: The Star February 22, 2026 19:19 UTC