Lviv

Air defense forces are operating in the Lviv region of Ukraine to counter missile threats, as reported by the head of the regional military administration.

Lviv Berkut commander and subordinate to be tried on charges of terrorist act and premeditated murder of protesters on February 18, 2014.

In Lviv region, the SBI exposed an organized criminal group that deceived men trying to illegally cross the border by promising to register them in the Shlyakh system for $15,000, but instead demanded $20,000 under the threat of criminal prosecution.

On April 9, a woman was fatally injured by a Lviv-Kharkiv passenger train near Tarasivka station in Fastiv district, Kyiv region, while sitting on the railroad tracks.

In the first quarter of 2024, the Lviv Transplant Center performed 39 organ transplants, the highest number in Ukraine. In total, 131 organ transplants were performed in Ukraine in the first three months of 2024.

The Ukrainian band KOZAK SYSTEM, together with the MHP-Hromada Charitable Foundation, organized a tour of military hospitals called "People-Titans" to provide moral and psychological support to wounded soldiers.

In Lviv, rescuers found 4 containers with about 20 kilograms of mercury in a forest plantation. The hazardous substance was handed over to the Department of Emergency Situations and Civil Protection for further disposal.

Enemy drones attacked the Lviv region, but all of them were shot down by air defense forces, although the debris damaged an infrastructure facility, causing a fire that was quickly extinguished without casualties.

During a nighttime alert, the air defense forces destroyed 20 drones over several regions, the wreckage of which damaged a private yard and cut a power line in Odesa district.

Ukrainian air defense forces successfully shot down all 20 Russian attack drones launched during the night attack on April 9.

Air defense systems have been operating in Lviv region during an air alert due to the threat of drones, the Lviv Regional Military Administration and the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine report.

For the first time in Ukraine, free infertility treatment using assisted reproductive technologies has become available under the medical guarantees program, with UAH 1. 87 billion allocated for this purpose.

Since the beginning of 2024, 6,400 entrepreneurs have received loans worth UAH 25. 3 billion under the government's Affordable Loans program, of which about 20% have been used for investment projects.

In Sosnivka, Lviv Oblast, rescuers pulled out a boy who had fallen into a 5-meter-deep sewer while playing.

Two German companies, Knauf and WKB Systems, are supplying Russians with construction materials to rebuild occupied Mariupol. Knauf Ukraine has refused to comment on the situation regarding assistance to the occupiers.

Since the beginning of 2024, Ukrainian agricultural producers have received more than UAH 30 billion in bank loans for development and modernization, including UAH 11 billion in support for 2,525 farms under the government program "Affordable Loans 5-7-9".

Two German companies, Knauf and WKB Systems, are supplying Russians with construction materials to rebuild occupied Mariupol, despite the fact that Knauf is actively present in Ukraine.

Shakhtar Donetsk defeated Chornomorets Odesa 4-1 to reach the Ukrainian Cup final for the first time in five years.

A student sprayed pepper spray at a school in Lviv, resulting in three children being hospitalized and seven others injured.

A deadly accident blocked traffic in both directions on the M-09 highway near the village of Moshchana in Lviv region.

Lviv-based Skeiron has digitized the caves of the Kyiv Cave Monastery, one of the most important historical and religious sites in Ukraine, creating a 3D model of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Since the beginning of 2024, Ukrainians have taken out almost 2,300 loans for apartments and 50 loans for private houses totaling almost UAH 4 billion under the "eOselya" program.

U. S. Special Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker is planning a visit to Romania to discuss with officials and business representatives the country's contribution to regional cooperation, emergency assistance to Ukraine in the energy sector, and long-term investments in infrastructure in Romania and Ukraine.

Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin discussed current priorities and identified steps needed to support Ukraine in its fight for justice with EU representatives at the conference "Restoring Justice for Ukraine" in The Hague.

Two recruiting centers of the Ukrainian army have opened in Kharkiv, offering a variety of vacancies.

U. S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink and U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine's Recovery Penny Pritzker met with Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi to discuss opportunities for further development of the Ukrainian economy and ways to unite the Ukrainian and American communities to achieve this goal.

In Dnipro, the first kidney transplant was performed on a 15-year-old girl from her mother after a 7-hour operation involving 30 doctors.

Ukraine has invested more than UAH 500 million in the businesses of Ukrainian entrepreneurs who have won the Vlasna Dala microgrant program, with more than 50% of the winners of the fifth wave being women.

The organizer of the attempted murder of a Lviv businessman was sentenced to life imprisonment, and two of the perpetrators received 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. They planned to kill the businessman by blowing up his car.

A Nissan passenger was killed in a collision between a Volkswagen Bora and a Nissan Leaf electric car in Lviv Oblast, and criminal proceedings have been opened.