Russia's Night Attack on Lviv Region: Damage to the Shukhevych Museum is Already Estimated at Over 2 Million
Kyiv • UNN
A Russian drone attack damages Lviv region, destroying museum and university property; no casualties are reported.
On New Year's Eve, Russian troops attacked Lviv region with four Shahed attack drones, all of which were destroyed, and the debris caused a fire in the museum of UPA General Roman Shukhevych in Lviv, the building was completely destroyed, causing more than UAH 2 million in damage alone. There is also damage in Dubliany, in the building of the faculty of the Lviv National University of Environmental Management. This was announced on Monday by the head of the Lviv Regional Environmental Administration Maxim Kozitsky, UNN reports.
Last night, between 4 and 6 am, Lviv region was attacked by 4 enemy attack drones of the Shahed type. All four drones of the "Zakhid" military group and mobile fire groups destroyed
He pointed out that on the New Year's Eve, our defenders of the sky in different regions of Ukraine eliminated 87 out of 90 enemy drones.
As a result of a UAV debris hit, a fire broke out in the museum of UPA General Roman Shukhevych on Bilohorshchia Street in Lviv. No one was injured or killed. The building is completely destroyed
According to him, Roman Shukhevych's memorabilia were lost: a table, armchairs, a fotule, a piano, as well as a bust of Roman Shukhevych by Mykhailo Chereshnevsky and a sculpture of Stepan Bandera by Yaroslav Trotsky. "The remaining 600 or so exhibits have been moved to another location since the beginning of the full-scale war. They are now safe," said the head of the OVA.
"The losses amount to UAH 2 million 258 thousand. This is only the cost of the building. Losses due to the lost property are still being calculated," Kozitsky said.
Also, according to him, the falling debris of the "shahed" in Dubliany destroyed the roof over an area of 600 m2 and the ceiling over an area of 120 square meters, destroyed 5 windows in the building that houses the Faculty of Land Management and Tourism of the Lviv National University of Environmental Management. The fire was quickly extinguished. There were no casualties, said the head of the DIA.
"Fighting culture, education, and civilians is a typical Russian policy. But they will not frighten us or defeat us. Each such attack is just an excuse to donate even more to the Armed Forces, to strengthen air defense, to study our history even more. By the way, today is Stepan Bandera's birthday," Kozitsky summarized.
