The Latest Breaking News from Lviv

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.

MEDYKA, Poland: Cradling her three-year-old son, who was gravely ill with cancer, the 25-year-old Ukrainian mother staggered into Poland on Friday.

The government has set up an evacuation centre in Ukraine's western city of Lviv to assist Thai nationals as the Russian military attacks the country.

The Czech Republic has evacuated all staff from its embassy in Kyiv and consulate in Lviv and they are on the way to Prague, Czech Radio quoted Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky as saying on Friday.

How Ukrainian citizens and the diaspora are rallying to help those on the front line – and each other.

Ukrainian guards fired warning shots to prevent a stampede at Kyiv's central railway station on Friday as thousands of people tried to force their way onto evacuation trains.

'Say goodbye to your girlfriend, to your wife, say goodbye to your mothers and daughters, you’re going East'

Manny Marotta described the ‘brutal’ 20-hour journey, seeing toddlers ‘dragged out of bed’ and Ukrainian men being conscripted to fight ‘on the spot’.

Stephen Kenny’s side are scheduled to face Ukraine in Lviv on June 14th but that now looks unlikely following the invasion of the country by Russia on Thursday.