Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Explosions as a result of a terrorist attack shook Lviv, injuring 15 and killing a police officer, authorities reported overnight on Feb. 22. “This was a terrorist attack. At present, 14 victims have been hospitalized,” Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi reported. Afterwards, he said that … Read more
Former Ukrainian lawmaker Iryna Farion was shot in the head on Friday outside her home in Lviv. Farion later succumbed to her injuries and died at the hospital, doctors told the news outlet RBC-Ukraine. She was 60 years old. Iryna Farion, May 8, 2023 Roman Baluk / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Commenting on the … Read more
KYIV — Russia launched air strikes on Kyiv and the western Ukrainian region of Lviv on Sunday, officials said, prompting neighboring Poland’s armed forces to launch “all necessary procedures” to protect their airspace, including activating Polish and allied aviation. The Polish Operational Command said on X that a long-range Russian cruise missile entered Polish airspace … Read more