Lviv Oblast

Lviv customs officers arrest couple smuggling 2M+ rubles through border

A man and a woman were arrested at the Rava-Ruska—Hrebenne international checkpoint for attempting to smuggle over two million Russian rubles across the border, local news outlet Lviv.Media reported on July 6.

7 July, 01:45 PM

High-speed chase in Lviv ends in fatal collision, driver implicated in mother’s murder

Lviv Oblast Police have arrested a 24-year-old driver who caused a fatal crash while fleeing law enforcement and is the prime suspect in his mother murder, officials reported on June 24.

24 June, 01:15 PM

Border guards intercept 120 undeclared Arctic fox pelts near Poland

Ukrainian border guards and customs officers at the Hrushiv crossing point in Lviv region uncovered an attempt to smuggle 120 undeclared arctic fox pelts into the country, officials said on June 7.

7 June, 04:32 PM

Unidentified UAV triggers air raid alerts in Ternopil and Lviv oblasts

An unidentified drone was spotted over Lviv Oblast, prompting an air raid alert, despite no prior alerts having been issued in neighboring oblasts, the Air Force reported on May 27.

27 May, 12:20 PM

Train collides with mobile crane in Lviv Oblast, killing veteran train driver

A train collided with a mobile crane in Lviv Oblast, killing the train’s driver and severely injuring his assistant, Ukrzaliznytsia reported on May 1.

1 May, 01:39 PM

Ukrainian man breaks world record for bone tattoos

A 28-year-old forensic nurse from Lviv Oblast has broken the world record for the most anatomical bone tattoos, surpassing the late Canadian artist Rick Genest, the National Register of Records of Ukraine reported on April 27.

27 April, 01:40 PM

Entrepreneur in Lviv Oblast suspected of 23 years of labor exploitation of one man

Police in Horodok, Lviv Oblast, uncovered a case of prolonged labor exploitation in which a man was forced to work without pay for 23 years, lived in degrading conditions and had no real opportunity to leave, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported on April 20.

20 April, 04:27 PM

Three men storm military recruitment center in Lviv Oblast, attack guards

Three people broke into the premises of the Yavoriv district military recruitment center in Lviv Oblast on the evening of April 17 and attacked soldiers of the security platoon, the Lviv Oblast Territorial Recruitment Center reported.

18 April, 02:49 PM

Ukraine’s Truskavets resort discovers brine saltier than Dead Sea

A new deposit of mineral brines with an extremely high salt concentration of 360–365 grams per liter — higher than the Dead Sea — has been discovered in the resort town of Truskavets in Lviv Oblast, lviv.media reported on April 2.

6 April, 03:29 PM

Ukraine may introduce age limits on drone ownership — police chief

Ukraine is considering restricting ownership of unmanned aerial vehicles to adults only, National Police chief Ivan Vyhivskyi said in comments to Ukrinform on March 25.

25 March, 05:03 PM

Russian drone falls near houses in Stryi district

A Russian drone was discovered in a field near private houses in a village in the Stryi district, Lviv Oblast, local governor Maksym Kozytskyi reported on Feb. 17.

17 February, 12:15 PM

Air defenses down five Russian drones in Lviv Oblast

Maksym Kozytskyi said air defenses downed five drones launched by Russia at Lviv Oblast, according to a post on Telegram on Feb. 17,

17 February, 12:00 PM

Ukrainian forces down Russian drones targeting Lviv infrastructure

Russian forces attempted to strike critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine’s Lviv Oblast with drones on Feb. 8, but were thwarted by air defenses, with no casualties reported, according to regional governor Maksym Kozytskyy.

8 February, 11:07 AM

Russian strike leaves 600,000 in Lviv Oblast without power

A Russian strike on the Dobrotvir thermal power plant left about 6,000 residents of the settlement of Dobrotvir in Lviv Oblast without water and heating for several hours, while more than 600,000 households across the region were without electricity as of 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 7, according to regional governor Maksym Kozytskyy.

7 February, 01:57 PM

Ukrainian mayor faints during corruption probe raid

The mayor of Halych in Ukraine’s Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast lost consciousness during a prosecutor’s office search of his office on Feb. 5 and was hospitalized, the regional prosecutor’s office reported.

6 February, 03:02 PM

NATO undeterred by Russia’s IRBM strike on Lviv, Rutte says

Russia’s second use of an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) against Ukraine was meant to weaken NATO’s resolve in supporting Ukraine, Secretary-General Mark Rutte said on Jan. 12.

12 January, 09:48 PM

Russian air strikes hit Kyiv; explosions near Lviv

Hundreds of Russian Shahed drones attacked Kyiv shortly after midnight on Jan. 9, damaging critical infrastructure and numerous apartment buildings across the capital.

9 January, 02:19 AM

Russia may have attacked Lviv Oblast with Oreshnik IRBM

Ukrainian authorities are investigating an overnight attack on critical infrastructure in Lviv Oblast that may have involved an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said Jan. 9.

9 January, 01:37 AM

Russia strikes ports and rail infrastructure across Ukraine

Russia launched a mass overnight attack on Ukraine’s logistics infrastructure, striking ports in Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts and damaging railway facilities in Lviv Oblast, Minister for Restoration Oleksii Kuleba reported on Dec. 26.

26 December 2025, 12:38 PM

Russia hits energy facility in Lviv Oblast with drones, regional officials say

Russian forces struck an energy facility in Lviv Oblast with attack drones on Dec. 23, the regional administration said.

23 December 2025, 11:13 AM

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