Lviv mobilization riot exposes the draft system Ukraine’s government has refused to fix
Two official watchdogs said the fault lies higher up—with a mobilization overhaul that hasn’t reached the recruiters.
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Mongols, Soviets, now Putin: every empire told Ukraine “you are one of us.” None were right.
A Holy Week walk through Lviv's churches, three days after a Shahed drone hit a 17th-century monastery, finds Russia's boot print older than the building it just tried to destroy.
Ukraine is asking world to sign appeal to expel Russia from UNESCO after 17th-century Lviv monastery attack
Ukraine's Institute of National Memory has launched an open appeal to UNESCO and international partners calling for Russia's expulsion from the organization.
Russia’s largest drone attack killed National Guard soldier and his daughter as they left maternity hospital where his wife had just given birth
Russia launched the most massive drone attack of the full-scale war on 23–24 March in few waves.
Largest strike of war—Russia unleashes 948 drones in 24 hours, as spring offensive begins
Shahed drones and ballistic missiles drain defenses for hours.
Ukraine detains suspected bomber after Lviv double-tap attack kills policewoman, injures 25— accomplices still sought
The trap started with a fake store break-in call: the first blast hit when her patrol arrived, the second explosion targeted the crew that came to save her.
Zelenskyy: Russia launches over 400 and about 40 missiles, targeting energy sector
Energy facilities in eight Ukrainian oblasts came under Russian missile and drone attack overnight, prompting emergency blackouts in most oblasts and extended scheduled outages nationwide, according to Ukrenergo's statement on 7 Feb.
Two men arrested for scouting damage from nuclear-capable Oreshnik strike on Lviv
SBU says the suspects documented missile damage to aid Russian military planning and propaganda operations.
Russia fired its scariest missile at Ukraine’s MiG-29 plant. It probably missed.
It might take more than a single Oreshnik missile to knock out the fighter repair plant in Lviv.
Russian drone crashes into Lviv playground, damages church, homes near monument to Ukrainian nationalist leader
A Russian drone struck inside the UNESCO World Heritage buffer zone in central Lviv on 15 January, damaging stained glass windows in the early 20th-century Church of Saints Olha and Elizabeth and shattering windows in an 1892 school building.
Rutte: Russia launched Oreshnik to force NATO into abandoning Ukraine, but it won’t happen
Security of Ukraine is security of the Alliance, he said.
Kyiv last. Lviv first. Ukraine’s 2025 comfort map (MAP)
As the year draws to a close, Euromaidan Press looked at which of Ukraine’s 463 cities Ukrainians would like to live in most.
Lviv prepares new burial ground for fallen soldiers, as its main military cemetery has only 19 spaces left
Former "Hill of Glory" becomes Section 87 for Ukraine's fallen defenders.
EU to “frontload” Ukraine’s membership reforms in Lviv as Hungary blocks formal talks
Western Ukrainian city to host Dec 10-11 summit reviewing reforms, planning next steps while Hungary blocks formal negotiating chapters.
British motivational speaker Jim Lawless shelters in Lviv basement as Russia launches 549-drone attack on Ukraine
British author spent the night of 5 Oct. in a Lviv shelter as Russia launched 549 drones and missiles at Ukraine. He watched mothers hold their sleeping children as explosions rattled the basement. "My child is sleeping safely in the UK. Safe, for as long as Ukrainians defend Europe's borders," he wrote.
Ukraine’s Black Widow ground drone carries six FPVs—costs less than a single Javelin missile
The carrier launches drones in pairs—one strikes, the other films the kill. The unusual feature lets operators confirm destruction before a follow-up attack.
Massive Russian air attack hits Ukraine with 574 drones and 40 missiles, including city near Hungarian border
Kalibr missiles struck an American factory in Mukachevo while other strikes hit residential blocks in Lviv and targeted several more cities.
From Lviv to Odesa: Ukrainians take to streets to save anti-corruption agencies
Thousands rally against bill No. 12414, warning Zelenskyy that signing the law would unravel years of hard-fought reforms and threaten Ukraine’s European future.
Ukraine remembers linguist Iryna Farion, target of Kremlin’s propaganda, assassinated in Lviv in apparent campaign against Ukrainian voices
On 19 July, Ukrainians marked the first anniversary of the brutal killing of Iryna Farion, a fierce defender of Ukrainian identity and language.
Russia targets Ukraine’s western “safe havens” with record 597-drone attack
Two people are confirmed killed, two more in intensive care.