The devastating attack occurred overnight in the village of Lapaivka, just outside the city of Lviv, and was part of one of the largest combined aerial assaults on the region since the start of the full-scale invasion.
Local authorities confirmed that the 15-year-old girl, Anastasia, died along with three other members of her family—believed to be her parents and another relative—when their house was flattened by the Russian munitions.
The attack on the Lviv region was a prolonged, five-hour bombardment involving a combination of Shahed-type "suicide" drones and missiles.
Across Ukraine, the overnight strikes claimed at least five civilian lives, with the western, southern, and northern regions all coming under heavy fire.
Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi described the night as "very tough," confirming that the city's air defense systems were heavily engaged.
The tragedy of Anastasia and her family underscores the continuous and brutal toll of the conflict on Ukrainian civilians, even in western cities far from the front lines, as the country braces for what officials say is a deliberate campaign to target civilian infrastructure ahead of the winter. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reiterated calls for Western allies to expedite the delivery of additional air defense systems to combat what he termed "aerial terror."