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A 23-year-old female police officer has been killed and 25 others injured in a terror attack in Lviv, western Ukraine. According to BBC News, the attack involved two homemade explosive devices that detonated after police responded to a reported break-in shortly after midnight on Sunday.

The National Police of Ukraine reported that the explosives were planted in waste bins. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that a suspect had been detained, identified as a 33-year-old woman who allegedly acted on the instructions of a Russian special services agent.

The victim of the attack was named as Viktoria Shpylka. She had begun her service at the start of the full-scale invasion of the Kherson region. The first explosion occurred as a police car arrived at the scene, followed by a second blast when additional officers responded.

Among the injured, eleven people were hospitalized, including six law enforcement officers in serious condition. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko announced that the suspect was apprehended in the north-western Rivne region, and authorities are working to identify others involved in the attack.

This incident comes as Ukraine continues to face Russian strikes, with air defenses successfully countering numerous missiles and drones overnight. The attacks, which included targeting energy infrastructure and civilian areas, occurred just days before the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.