The Latest Breaking News from Lviv

Russian missiles hit aircraft plant near Lviv airport in western Ukraine

Blasts heard early on Friday morning in city 50 miles from Polish border

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2022

Ukraine news – live: Russian missiles strike Lviv, as 130 people rescued from destroyed Mariupol theatre

Missiles destroy building of aircraft repair plant near key airport

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

Turks Evacuated From Ukraine’s Mariupol

Sixty-five people, Turkish citizens and their relatives, were evacuated from the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, Turkey's state-owned Anadolu news agency reported on Thursday. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday that more than 100 Turkish citizens were still located in Mariupol and he hoped for a humanitarian…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 18, 2022

Missiles destroy aircraft repair plant in Lviv - mayor

Several missiles have hit an aircraft repair plant in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Friday morning, destroying its building, city mayor Andriy Sadovy said.

Reuters · Mar 18, 2022

Missiles hit near Lviv’s airport and Kyiv as US warns of ‘massive consequences’ if Putin is targeting civilians

Reports also emerged of deadly shelling in the eastern Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Kramatorsk

Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2022

Blasts heard in Ukraine's Lviv - Ukraine 24 TV

At least three blasts were heard in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Friday morning, Ukraine 24 television station reported through the Telegram messenger.

Reuters · Mar 18, 2022

Scot volunteering in Ukraine sheltered on church floor as haunting air raid sirens rang out

Neil Broome, from Jedburgh, is hoping to raise funds to buy a minibus or ambulance for people struggling in the Ukrainian city of Lviv.

Daily Record · Mar 18, 2022

Russian attacks, civilian deaths and chaos in Ukraine as war enters fourth week

KYIV, Ukraine — As Russia launched an onslaught of new attacks on civilian sites across Ukraine, U.S. officials on Thursday ratcheted up their accusations that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces have committed war crimes, including the bombing of a theater this week where more than 1,000 people were sheltering.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 18, 2022

Civilian targets under heavy fire as Ukraine war enters fourth week

KYIV, Ukraine — Rescuers began to pull survivors Thursday from the rubble of a nighttime airstrike on a theater where more than 1,000 people had sheltered in the besieged port city of Mariupol, as Russia’s war on Ukraine entered its fourth week with no sign of a respite and a…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 17, 2022

Ukrainians organise evacuations and aid for Kharkiv with help of social media: ‘People are really amazing’

‘Right now in Ukraine social networks are really active’

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2022