From our rooftop position in the centre of the city, smoke can be seen rising in multiple directions.

We counted three different points. Under local security laws it is illegal to give more specific details. There is currently no word on casualties.

The city’s mayor Andriy Sadovyi said part of the city had been left without power – while the regional governor said work was already under way to repair three electrical substations.

Meanwhile the Ukrainian Railway service posted on social media that services would be disrupted by damage to their power infrastructure.

There have been a number of missile strikes around Lviv since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Mostly they have hit military or logistical targets. Lviv has felt relatively safe in recent days.

There have been sporadic alarms but this has often seemed like a city a long way from the war. Although the sirens are now over, tonight that no longer felt the case.