{"id":519804,"date":"2026-02-22T11:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T08:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=519804"},"modified":"2026-02-22T13:25:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T10:25:35","slug":"terrorist-attack-in-lviv-kills-23-year-old-police-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/terrorist-attack-in-lviv-kills-23-year-old-police-officer","title":{"rendered":"Terrorist Attack in Lviv Kills 23-Year-Old Police Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A terrorist attack took place in Lviv, in which a police officer was killed and 24 people were injured, the National Police of Ukraine reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the agency, at around 12:30 a.m. a call was received on the 102 emergency line reporting a break-in at a shop on Danylyshyna Street. After a patrol police unit arrived at the scene, an explosion occurred. Later, when a second patrol unit arrived, another explosion went off.<\/p>\n

Preliminary findings indicate that improvised explosive devices were detonated. As a result, a 23-year-old police officer, Viktoriia Shpylka<\/b>, was killed. A patrol police service vehicle and a civilian vehicle were damaged.<\/p>\n

An investigative task force, explosives experts and other specialized services worked at the scene. Medical assistance is being provided to those injured.<\/p>\n

Criminal proceedings have been opened under Part 2 of Article 258 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (a terrorist act resulting in grave consequences). The pre-trial investigation is being conducted by the Security Service of Ukraine in the Lviv region. Law enforcement authorities are establishing all the circumstances of the incident and identifying those involved.<\/p>\n

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A terrorist attack took place in Lviv, in which a police officer was killed and 24 people were injured, the National Police of Ukraine reported. According to the agency, at around 12:30 a.m. a call was received on the 102 emergency line reporting a break-in at a shop on Danylyshyna Street. After a patrol police […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":519803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/699ad9a457575.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Terrorist Attack in Lviv Kills 23-Year-Old Police Officer"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-519804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}