The Latest Breaking News from Lviv

LVIV, Ukraine — As the departure time neared, the last arriving passengers raced to catch the 2:30 p.m. train out of Dnipro. Their goal was to reach Lviv to the west and, they hoped, safety. The journey would take 22 hours.

In the first few days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Lilia Onyshchenko was hastily directing teams of workers throughout Lviv’s Market Square, which dates to the 16th century. As head of historical preservation in Lviv, she is on a mission to safeguard her city’s invaluable historical treasures from Russia’s unprovoked aggression.

Dimko Zhluktenko has organised the delivery of toys to thousands of children passing through Lviv’s main railway station.

Russia is claimed to be intensifying its attacks on Ukraine, targeting key transport hubs in the country sending urgent supplies from Nato allies around the war-torn nation