The Latest Breaking News from Lviv

The mayor of said on Monday the western Ukrainian city had reached the limits of its capacity to help people displaced by Russia's assault on Ukraine and appealed to international organisations for help.

Fianna Fail senator Timmy Dooley and MEP Billy Kelleher travelled to the Ukrainian city of Lviv for talks with political leaders

Foreign secretary says Melinda Simmons left Lviv due to ‘serious security situation’

Prior to the war, Nadiia Shymkiv was a student at Ukraine Catholic University studying law.

Fianna Fail senator Timmy Dooley made the call after travelling to the Ukrainian city of Lviv.

Lviv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Statues wrapped in foam and fireproof material can be seen all around the historic city of Lviv, where the race is on to protect cultural treasures against possible Russian bombardment.

In the Eastern Orthodox Christian calendar, Sunday was the 'Day of Forgiveness'. But Ukrainians suffering the consequences of Russia’s invasion say that this year they cannnot forgive. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg reports from Lviv, the Western Ukrainian city teeming with those who have escaped the fighting further east.

When the city was a world centre of mathematical thought

Russia-Ukraine news from March 7: Kyiv says Russian shelling is preventing evacuation of civilians and delivery of aid.

Russia's financial sector and economy is already being crippled by sanctions but Ukraine's President wants more, calling for an embargo against Russia. As it happened.

Their hands clasped in prayer and faces ridden with fear and sadness, some residents of Lviv sought consolation at a Sunday Mass at a Catholic church in the city in western Ukraine.