Shelling of Lviv: July 2026

Lviv, 2026. The video shows Paton Street, the aftermath of the shelling: heavy equipment clearing debris, a Red Cross field hospital. Interviews: Maria and Volodymyr Senyutovych, first-floor residents; Yuriy Horoshchak, a local resident; Andriy Moskalenko, first deputy mayor of Lviv.

Background: On July 30, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive missile strike on Lviv. As a result of the shelling, residential buildings, a school, a kindergarten, and a library in the city were damaged. The buildings on Paton Street and Vyhovsky Street sustained the most damage. The mayor of Lviv stated that two buildings were hit directly. A search-and-rescue operation lasted more than 30 hours at the site of the strikes.

A 35-year-old man was killed, and 38 people were injured.