Lviv and the West

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1690+ words) An offensive operation by Ukraine’s Defense Forces is ongoing along the front line where the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Donetsk regions meet. The area of territory retaken in the Oleksandrivka axis is the largest since the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ autumn 2022 counteroffensive....

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (550+ words) Ukraine and the Czech Republic have agreed to continue their cooperation within the framework of the International Civil Protection Shelter Coalition. They plan to focus primarily on the construction and technical equipping of protective structures in frontline regions, as well…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (190+ words) Belarusian Security Council State Secretary Aliaksandr Valfovich announced a partial stand-down of the exercises at the 7th Separate Special Police Brigade of the Interior Ministry’s Internal Troops in Vitebsk. “Today, I announced a partial stand-down of the exercise. This does not…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (563+ words) Oksana Zhukovska said she is further away from her part-time job, and it costs her €10 a day to get the bus in and out each day. Calls have been made for the justice minister to visit a disused equestrian centre…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1574+ words) Scheme worth millions: in Chernivtsi, officials will be tried for selling the organs of the deceased An explosion occurred at the police department in Rivne Yuriy Turyansky joined the charity auction "Taste of Argentina": a symbolic glove of Olena Smaga…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (336+ words) Following the unsuccessful vote on the petition to relocate establishments from the city centre, five political groups proposed first clarifying the extent of the city’s powers. The Mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovyi, established a working group by Order No. 443 of…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (206+ words) The Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade issued a warning to the Communal Unitary Enterprise "Center for Information Technologies of the Minsk City Executive Committee". The reason was an approval process that had been unresolved for over a year and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (324+ words) On Wednesday, 26 August, a city farewell ceremony will be held in Lviv for servicemen Yurii Bykov and Bohdan Drobchak, who were killed while defending Ukraine from the Russian occupiers. The city authorities are asking Lviv residents to join in honouring…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (557+ words) Every day at 9 a.m. – a nationwide minute of silence. Stop wherever you are and honor the cherished memory of all those who died for Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression. A resident of the village of Salashi, Yavoriv district. In…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (466+ words) 21:00, 25 August, 2026 Residents of high-rise blocks in Lviv will be able to initiate the refurbishment of their basements themselves, so that they can be used as basic shelters. To this end, the city has launched a co-funding scheme: residents are to…...