The Latest Breaking News from Lviv

LVIV, Ukraine — As the departure time neared, the last arriving passengers raced to catch the 2:30 p.m. train out of Dnipro. Their goal was to reach Lviv to the west and, they hoped, safety. The journey would take 22 hours.

In the first few days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Lilia Onyshchenko was hastily directing teams of workers throughout Lviv’s Market Square, which dates to the 16th century. As head of historical preservation in Lviv, she is on a mission to safeguard her city’s invaluable historical treasures from Russia’s unprovoked aggression.

Plumes of black smoke could be seen billowing from the sky above Lviv as Russian bombardment of the city continued

Russia said its forces would cease fire at the Azovstal steel plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and open a humanitarian corridor for civilians for three days beginning Thursday. On the diplomatic front, US President Joe Biden said he would discuss slapping further sanctions on Moscow with G7…

Ten others are wounded as Russian forces, backed by tanks according to the Ukrainian fighters still inside, storm the sprawling plant, which includes a maze of tunnels and bunkers.

LVIV, Ukraine — In the video's opening frame, the first glimpse of them, it could almost be any bride and groom. Any wedding dance, if a wartime one.

Newlyweds Oksana Balandina and Viktor Vasyliv shared their first wedding dance in a hospital ward in Lviv, in western Ukraine.

LVIV, Ukraine — As a trickle of civilians from the brutalized city of Mariupol headed to safety Tuesday, Russian forces pressed their assault on Ukraine’s eastern heartland, striking at targets across a region that U.S. officials warn is under threat of annexation by Moscow.

LVIV, Ukraine — As battered, sun-starved Ukrainians trickled out from the ruins of the port city of Mariupol, Russian forces Monday pressed new bombing runs in the east and south of the country and U.S. officials warned Moscow will attempt to annex larger chunks of territory it occupies.