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Enemy strikes in Lviv region: Shukhevych museum damaged, dormitory on fire

Enemy strikes in Lviv region: Shukhevych museum damaged, dormitory on fire Shukhevych Museum burns in Lviv region (photo: t.me/kozytskyy_maksym_official)

The Shukhevych Museum is on fire in the district of Bilohorshcha, Lviv region, reports the head of the Lviv regional administration, Maksym Kozytskyy.

According to Kozytskyy, the preliminary cause is the wreckage of an enemy drone.

"Bilohorscha. Fire in the Shukhevych Museum. Preliminary cause: wreckage of an enemy drone. Representatives of the State Emergency Service have arrived at the scene," reported the head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration.

Later Kozytskyy said that rescuers continued to extinguish the fire, and there were no casualties. But, according to the head of the Lviv regional administration, it is loud in Lviv now.

"There are no casualties in Bilohorshcha. The fire is still being extinguished. It was loud in Lviv again just now. Stay in shelters. The danger is still high," said Kozytskyy.

Dormitory on fire

Update 05:53: According to Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi, the UAV debris hit a civilian facility in the city. Firefighters are at the scene.

"Explosions in Lviv! The wreckage of an enemy drone hit a civilian facility. Firefighters are already at the scene. Do not neglect the alarm," Sadovyi wrote on his Telegram channel.

Updated at 05:56: According to the head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration Maksym Kozytskyy, the roof of a dormitory is on fire as a result of the fall of the UAV wreckage.

"We recorded the fall of the wreckage of the Shahed in Dubliany. The roof of a dormitory is on fire. Firefighters are working at the scene," said Kozytskyy.

Update 05:58: Andriy Sadovyi confirmed the information.

"We also recorded the fall of the wreckage of the Shahed in Dubliany. The roof of a dormitory is on fire. Firefighters are working at the scene. There are no known casualties yet," Sadovyi said on his Telegram channel.

Shukhevych Museum

Roman Shukhevych was a Ukrainian nationalist and a military leader of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which during the Second World War fought against the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany for Ukrainian independence. The memorial museum is located in the house which used to be the leader's last headquarters and where he took his last battle.