UKRAINE, KHARKIV, Feb. 25 — The Prosecutor’s Office of the Lviv region has issued a notice of suspicion for an 18-year-old Kharkiv local, who called Lviv police and provided false information about the crime before the terroristic attack, said the General Prosecutor’s Office.

After the terrorist attack in Lviv, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the National Police, and the Security Service of Ukraine to take actions to prevent such crimes in future.

“We have intelligence indicating that the Russians intend to continue carrying out such actions – in effect, attacks on Ukrainians,” said Zelenskyy.

On the night of Feb. 22, Lviv police received a report of a shop robbery in the city center. When a patrol crew arrived at the scene, homemade explosive devices detonated, killing a 23-year-old police officer and injuring 24 people, said the National Police.

According to the Prosecutor’s Office, a 33-year-old woman from Rivne oblast, who temporarily lived in Lviv, planted homemade explosive devices at the site ahead of the attack.

Law enforcement officers detained a woman and notified her of suspicion of a terrorist act that resulted in the death of a person. On Feb. 23, the court ordered her to be held in custody without the right to bail.

Later, the police determined that the suspected woman had an accomplice who anonymously called 102 to report that she had seen unknown persons breaking into a shop. In fact, the suspect was in Kharkiv and knew that the information was false.

The Prosecutor’s Office said that in January 2026, the suspected accomplice was seeking earnings through Telegram channels. She agreed to carry out tasks for unidentified persons, in which she was to provide false information to the police in exchange for money.

The unknown people promised the woman $100 for the phone call, but she did not receive the money.

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