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Joint Ukrainian-Polish expedition finds mass grave in Lviv

A joint Ukrainian-Polish expedition has completed its work in Lviv to search for and exhume victims of World War II, Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications reported on Aug. 25.

26 August 2025, 12:59 PM

French giant Accor to open Novotel hotels in Kyiv, Lviv in 2026

International hotel operator Accor, headquartered in France, will open two hotels in Ukraine—Novotel Lviv and Novotel Living Kyiv—in the second quarter of 2026, according to Andriy Davydenko, Vice President of Operations for Ukraine, Georgia, and the CIS, as reported by news agency Interfax-Ukraine on Aug. 18.

18 August 2025, 02:03 PM

Ukraine to begin 5G rollout this fall

The rollout of 5G cell service will start this fall in Lviv, Kharkiv, and Borodyanka (Kyiv Oblast), Ukraine’s Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced on Aug. 14.

14 August 2025, 09:32 PM

Fire breaks out at Vlasta Hotel in Lviv, injuring six people, among them two children

A fire broke out at the Vlasta hotel in Lviv, injuring six people, including two children, city officials said on Telegram on Aug. 4.

4 August 2025, 06:24 PM

Ukraine-Poland team starts exhuming 1939 Lviv defenders

Search and exhumation efforts started in Lviv to identify and rebury the remains of Polish Army soldiers who died in the city in 1939, Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications reported on Aug. 4.

4 August 2025, 01:30 PM

Two Lviv district heads suspected of embezzlement, Sadovyi denies city hall searches

Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi denied reports that Ukraine’s Security Service is searching city council offices on July 25.

25 July 2025, 03:39 PM

Lviv suffers damage in Russian attack captured in photos

Russian shelling in Lviv damaged 46 houses and caused fires at two industrial facilities, with the hardest-hit areas in the Zaliznychnyi and Halytskyi districts, Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said on Telegram on July 12.

12 July 2025, 11:16 AM

Military charity fraudster arrested in Lviv

Lviv police have arrested the head of a charity fund on suspicion of embezzling nearly UAH1.3 million ($31,000) intended to purchase equipment the Ukrainian military, National Police announced on June 20.

21 June 2025, 01:21 AM

EU ministers greenlight Russia crimes tribunal for Luxembourg launch next week

EU foreign ministers, meeting in Lviv on May 9, approved a special tribunal to prosecute Russia’s crimes, to be launched next week in Luxembourg, Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel announced, according to Interfax-Ukraine.

9 May 2025, 04:55 PM

European ministers honor fallen Ukrainian soldiers in Lviv on Europe Day

European ministers and diplomats from 35 states and the Council of Europe honored Ukraine’s fallen soldiers at Lviv’s Lychakiv Cemetery on Europe Day, May 9, as they discussed stronger support and a tribunal for Russian aggression, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry reported.

9 May 2025, 01:50 PM

‘It’s not the Saab everyone was expecting.’ What aircraft circled over Lviv Oblast and why — Zhyrokhov

A plane with the callsign “WELCOME” was spotted over Lviv Oblast on April 21, prompting speculation about a Swedish Saab 340 AEW&C arrival — but military expert Mykhailo Zhyrokhov told Radio NV it was likely a Ukrainian An-26RT.

22 April 2025, 10:47 AM

Danish troops to train in Ukraine to study drone warfare, top general says

Danish Army troops will soon head to Ukraine to study battlefield tactics—specifically Kyiv’s cutting-edge use of drones—said Danish Army Commander Maj. Gen. Peter Boysen in an interview with Denmark’s TV 2 on April 16.

16 April 2025, 03:27 PM

Prince Harry visits Superhumans rehabilitation center in Lviv, calls it 'absolutely remarkable'

The Superhumans rehabilitation center has published a video of Prince Harry's visit to Lviv, where the younger son of King Charles shares his impressions of the center and his conversations with Ukrainian veterans on April 11.

11 April 2025, 02:35 PM

Prince Harry makes surprise visit to Ukraine

Prince Harry visited Ukraine and met with war veterans recovering from their injuries, a spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex announced on April 10.

11 April 2025, 01:19 AM

Lviv military recruitment center responds to viral video of scuffle

A group of women in Lviv attempted to free a man detained by Territorial Recruitment Center officers on April 1, sparking a scuffle caught on video, the Lviv Oblast TRC reported on Facebook.

2 April 2025, 04:13 PM

Security tightened in Lviv Oblast amid Russian sabotage concerns

Security was tightened around administrative buildings in Lviv over a potential Russian sabotage threat, police said on April 2.

2 April 2025, 03:39 PM

SBU arrests Kyiv duo plotting Lviv police HQ bombing

Two Kyiv residents who were planning to bomb a regional police department building in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv were detained in a joint operation by the Security Service's (SBU) counterintelligence service and the national police, the SBU reported on Telegram on April 2.

2 April 2025, 11:37 AM

Couple with suspected explosives detained in Lviv

Police in Lviv’s Sykhivskyi district detained a man and a woman suspected of carrying explosives, with an investigation now underway, Suspilne national broadcaster reported on April 1.

1 April 2025, 10:49 AM

Ukrainian company to build $15M machine-building plant in Lviv

Pozhmashyna, a top manufacturer of fire and special equipment in Ukraine, has announced plans to build a new plant in partnership with the Formatsia.Lviv industrial park, the company said on Facebook on Feb. 3.

3 February 2025, 02:56 PM

Ukrainian pimp avoids jail by donating $25k to National Guard

A court in Lviv allowed a convicted pimp to donate 1 million UAH (almost $25k) to the National Guard instead of serving his sentence, The Halytskyi District Court wrote in its verdict, published on Jan. 23.

31 January 2025, 01:14 PM

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