Man covered in blood AFTER Russian air strike kills his wife and three daughters

Russian missiles and drones pounded Ukraine’s western city of Lviv in a brutal dawn attack on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and leaving dozens injured. 

Among the survivors was blood-drenched Yaroslav Bazylevych, who was pictured staggering away from the ruins of his home, his face coated in dust and blood sporting a thousand-yard stare. 

Ukrainian officials later revealed Bazylevych’s wife Evgeniya and their three daughters, Yarina, Darina and Emilia, were all blown apart and buried beneath the rubble of their family home.

Deeply distressing footage taken at the scene of their destroyed house revealed the corpse of nine-year-old daughter Emilia sprawled next to a wall, her blonde hair poking out from underneath the debris. 

Meanwhile, the mayor of Lviv Andriy Sadovyi revealed that Yarina, 21, who had graduated from the city’s Institute of Computer Science and Information Technology, worked in the council’s office as a programme manager.

‘The terrible tragedy and irreparable loss left unhealed wounds in our hearts,’ Sadovyi said, before adding: ‘I do not know what words to support father Yaroslav. Today we are all with you. Sincere condolences and bright memory.’

At least 40 people were injured in the indiscriminate Russian attack, according to Sadovyi, with the death toll expected to rise sharply. 

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The attack on Lviv comes just one day after Ukraine suffered one of the most devastating single attacks of the entire war when two Russian missiles scored a direct hit on a military academy and a nearby hospital in the city of Poltava.  

At least 51 people were killed and close to 300 injured in the punishing explosions that tore into the heart of the Poltava Military Institute of Communication’s main building, causing several stories to collapse.

Some 15 people are still believed to be trapped under the debris, with time running out to save them. 

In the wake of the attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to ‘hold the Russian scum accountable’ and yet again implored Kyiv’s US and European partners to help with air defences and allow long-range strikes into Russia.