Air defences responding to Russian attack on Lviv Oblast, missile wreckage cause fire

Ukrainian air defence units were responding to a Russian-launched aerial asset on the morning of 17 November.

Source: Maksym Kozytskyi, Head of Lviv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote: "A missile in the airspace of Lviv Oblast. Air defences are responding. Observe information silence."

Update: Later, Kozytskyi reported that garages and a car had caught fire in Lviv Oblast’s Sheptytskyi (Chervonohrad) District due to the fall of Russian missile wreckage.

Background:

• The Russians are bombarding Ukraine with attack drones.
• Tu-95 strategic bombers are reported to have been scrambled in Russia.
• The Ukrainian military reported the launch of Kalibr cruise missiles by Russian forces from the Black Sea.

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