Warehouse burns near Lviv after a drone is shot down; nine houses damaged in Murovane
On 18 October air defence downed a Russian drone over Malekhiv: a warehouse caught fire and debris pierced an industrial roof. The fire is out and no one was hurt.
What happened
At about 11:20 on 18 October air defence shot down a Russian drone over Malekhiv near Lviv, regional governor Maksym Kozytskyi said. A logistics complex was damaged and a warehouse caught fire; firefighters later put it out. Lviv mayor Andriy Sadovyi said debris pierced the roof of a civilian industrial building, damaging about 100 sq m of a business’s property.
Murovane
Earlier, at about 10:30, the blast from drone debris in Murovane village shattered windows and doors in nine private houses. No one was hurt.
Why it matters
Western regions far from the front are regularly hit too; neighbouring Poland scrambled aircraft twice the same day.
Sources
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