The Latest Breaking News from Lviv

France will move its embassy from Ukrainian capital of Kyiv to the Western city of Lviv, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told BFM TV on Monday.

Nigeria and South Africa have expressed alarm at reports that their nationals are being stopped from leaving war-torn Ukraine. At Lviv train station, in western Ukraine, FRANCE 24 met several African students who say they were pushed back at the Medyka border crossing with Poland.

The railway station in Lviv near the Polish border is overwhelmed with requests but has almost no tickets

James Elder of Unicef has spoke of ‘harrowing’ scenes in Lviv, in western Ukraine, with thousands of ‘everyday people’ trying to flee.

LVIV, Ukraine -- Since Friday, residents of Lviv near the Polish border in western Ukraine have been subject to a curfew that lasts from 10 p.m. to 6.a.m.

Some 236 Thai nationals are seeking immediate evacuation out of Ukraine amid attacks by the advancing Russian military forces, the Foreign Ministry osaid.

Foreign nationals studying in Dnipro on their struggle to leave the city as Russian forces advance

Thousands of Ukrainian civilians have been fleeing the Russian invasion since Thursday and are trying to reach neighbouring Poland. The chaotic evacuation, with dozens of kilometres of traffic jams on the Ukrainian side, foreshadows a large-scale humanitarian crisis. Mehdi Chebil, FRANCE 24’s correspondent on the ground, reports.

Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian attack in the Lviv region near Brody in western Ukraine, Lviv's mayor was quoted as saying on Saturday by the Telegram messaging service.