UNESCO heritage site came under Russian attack in Ukraine’s Lviv, PM says

Il sito dell’UNESCO è stato attaccato dai russi a Leopoli, secondo il PM


Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko attends a session of Ukrainian parliament, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 17, 2025. REUTERS/Andrii Nesterenko/File Photo (Reuters)

March 24 (Reuters) - The 17th century St. Andrew’s Church, part of a UNESCO World Heritage site, came under a Russian attack in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Tuesday, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said.

“Russia is attacking a crowded city centre in broad daylight. Just minutes ago, Russian-Iranian drones struck the city of Lviv,” she said on X.

Local officials said earlier that two people had been injured in the rare daytime Russian attack.

(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa, Writing by Anna Pruchnicka; Editing by Alison Williams)

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