Kyiv: In the early hours of October 5, 2025, Russian forces launched a series of coordinated missile and drone attacks across Ukraine, claiming at least five civilian lives. The western city of Lviv, located near the Polish border, bore the brunt of the assault. A residential building was obliterated, killing four members of a single family, while fires engulfed an industrial park in the city. Residents were forced to remain indoors as authorities worked to extinguish multiple blazes, and large sections of the city experienced power outages. Mayor Andriy Sadovyi described the attacks as the most severe the region has faced since the war began.

Beyond human casualties, the offensive inflicted significant damage on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. In Zaporizhzhia, one person was killed, a

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