Shukhevych Museum in Lviv after Russian drone attack

Shukhevych Museum in Lviv burned down

According to Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi, the enemy targeted two national memory objects in the city last night:

• The university in Dubliany, where Stepan Bandera studied 100 years ago.
• The Museum of Roman Shukhevych in Bilohorshcha.

"Symbolic and cynical. A war for our history," said Sadovyi.

Head of the Lviv Regional State Administration Maksym Kozytsky also reported the fire at Shukhevych's museum during the Russian Shahed attack and identified the preliminary cause.

"Fire at the Shukhevych museum. Preliminary cause: fragments of an enemy drone. Emergency services representatives have arrived at the scene," he wrote on Telegram.

Aftermath of the attack on the museum

Huge fire engulfed the entire building, as seen in the photos.

Photo: fire in the Roman Shukhevych Museum in Lviv due to a drone attack (t.me/kozytskyy_maksym_official)

Mayor Sadovyi shared images of the firefighting efforts, emphasizing that the historical monument was completely destroyed by occupiers.

Photo: firefighting on the territory of the Shukhevych Museum (t.me/andriysadovyi)

"On Stepan Bandera's birthday, the Muscovites completely destroyed the Museum of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army General-Rear Admiral Roman Shukhevych in Bilohorshcha," Sadovyi wrote, adding a photo.

Photo: Lviv Mayor announces the complete destruction of the Shukhevych Museum (t.me/andriysadovyi)

Rescuers are addressing the consequences of the enemy attack on Lviv and its surroundings.

The State Emergency Service also presented footage, stating that the enemy carried out the attack in the early morning. According to emergency responders, the museum burned down, but there were no casualties or injuries.

Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine responding to the attack (t.me/dsns_telegram/24165)

The museum before the attack

The Museum of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army General-Rear Admiral Roman Shukhevych, a branch of the Lviv Historical Museum in the village of Bilohorshcha (now part of the Zaliznychnyi district of Lviv, Bilohorshcha Street, 76a), was a memorial museum dedicated to the main commander of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.

It was located in the house where he perished, and was opened on October 23, 2001.

Photo: This is what the Shukhevych Museum looked like before the Russian attack (wikipedia.org)

The building housed the last headquarters of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army's main commander, with two floors. The first floor featured five thematic halls, while the second floor recreated the daily life of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army commander during his time in this clandestine apartment (spring of 1948-1950).

A historically significant part of the building was the hideout located at the entrance to the attic—a partition separating the attic from the room with a double wooden wall. Access to the hideout was from a separate entrance that Roman Shukhevych used when entering his final battle with the MGB units (Ministry of State Security (Soviet Union) - ed.) on March 5, 1950. The stairs were preserved unchanged, and the inner part of the hideout and its entrance were restored while maintaining all proportions and the building's uniqueness.

During restoration work on the wooden wall opposite the entrance to the hideout, a bullet from a Walter pistol was found. The bullet hole is located 80 cm above the floor. The stairs, hideout, and living room became the main memorial objects of the museum.

Russia's mass attack on New Year's night

On New Year's night, Russian forces employed a record number of 90 Shahed combat drones at Ukraine. The attack occurred in waves from four directions.

The enemy also struck the Kharkiv region with four guided anti-aircraft missiles S-300, three anti-radiation missiles Kh-31P and one Kh-59 from the occupied territories of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.

Anti-aircraft defenses were active in almost all regions. However, there were still destruction and casualties. For a detailed account of the Russian mass attack and its consequences in Lviv, Odesa, and beyond, please refer to RBC-Ukraine report.