Russian Drones Strike Lviv, Hitting UNESCO Heritage Sites and Residential Building

On March 24, Russian forces launched drone attacks on the historic area in the center of Lviv, damaging a residential building and reportedly affecting UNESCO  heritage sites.

This was reported by the head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration, Maksym Kozytskyi, and Lviv's Mayor, Andrii Sadovyi.

The attack resulted in significant damage to a residential building in the heart of the city, with local emergency services swiftly responding to the scene. According to Kozytskyi, the attack caused harm to the city's UNESCO-listed heritage.

UPD: Later, Kozytskyi reported that the damaged site is the Bernardine Monastery Complex, located within the historical area of Lviv, a site listed in the International Register of Cultural Heritage under enhanced protection.

Later, Kozytskyi reported that the damaged site is the Bernardine Monastery Complex..

“Two people have been seriously wounded due to the attack,” Kozytskyi reported, also warning that the threat of further bombardments remains.

Later in the afternoon, Sadovyi updated the situation, confirming that one of the victims, a 51-year-old woman, sustained mine-blast injuries to her legs and was transported to the hospital by police. Another individual sought medical attention independently, with reports indicating cuts and bruises.

The attack also caused a fire in a high-rise building in the Sykhiv district of Lviv after another drone hit the structure.

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, over 100 UNESCO-listed sites have been damaged, including 44 in Odesa, 59 in Lviv, and the Hryhorii Skovoroda National Literary and Memorial Museum in the Kharkiv region.

The toll on Ukraine’s cultural heritage continued to rise throughout 2025, with 307 heritage sites and 261 cultural infrastructure facilities either destroyed or severely damaged last year, according to the Ministry of Culture.

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To date, the total number of affected cultural landmarks has reached 1,640, with 2,446 cultural infrastructure sites also impacted. Of the damaged heritage sites, 153 are deemed nationally significant, while 1,333 are locally significant, and 154 are newly identified objects. The destruction spans 18 regions across the country.

The regions most impacted by the destruction of cultural landmarks are Kharkiv, Kherson, and Odesa, with Kharkiv bearing the most significant damage, where 344 heritage sites have been affected.

Kherson follows closely with 297 damaged sites, while Odesa reports 182. Donetsk has seen 175 sites impacted, and Kyiv region, including the capital itself, has recorded 163 affected landmarks.

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