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LVIV, UKRAINE (NOVEMBER 19, 2025) (LVIV REGIONAL MILITARY ADMINISTRATION - RESTRICTED

1. VARIOUS OF MASSIVE FIRE AT ENERGY FACILITY AFTER RUSSIAN STRIKE

2. VARIOUS OF THICK SMOKE RISING AND FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS
LVIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 19, 2025: Russia carried out a combined overnight attack on Ukraine’s Lviv region on Wednesday, Nov.r 19, using combat drones and cruise missiles, according to Ukrainian officials.

Regional authorities said an energy facility was struck, sparking a massive fire, while additional damage was reported at a woodworking plant and a warehouse.

In Lviv city, blasts also hit a branch of the national postal service, Ukrposhta, and a production facility belonging to the Pizza Hot restaurant chain. No civilian casualties were reported.

The Ukrainian Air Force said in a statement that Russia launched 48 missiles and 476 drones from several directions, with the main targets being the Lviv, Ternopil and Kharkiv regions.

It said air defense forces shot down or suppressed 483 of the 524 detected air attack assets, including 442 drones, 34 Kh-101 cruise missiles and seven Kalibrs.

Air Force officials said the attack began on Tuesday evening and involved Shahed-type drones, Gerbera-type UAVs and cruise missiles launched from Russian regions and from occupied Crimea.

Seven missiles and 34 strike drones hit 14 locations, while falling fragments were recorded in six areas.

Russia claimed its forces carried out a “massive strike with long-range precision weapons” on Ukrainian military-industrial and energy facilities in western regions.

The Defense Ministry said the attack, which included Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and attack UAVs, was conducted “in response” to what it called Ukrainian strikes on civilian sites in Russia.

It said “all designated targets were hit,” a claim that could not be independently verified.