Lviv region has summed up the past week: the region is stepping up support for defenders, updating the ranking of territorial communities, opening new social and cultural spaces, and honouring service personnel, educators, artists and athletes.
Almost 40 million hryvnias will be additionally allocated from the regional budget to meet the needs of Ukrainian defenders. Eighteen military formations will receive funding. The money will go towards drones, electronic warfare and communications equipment, vehicles and engineering machinery, spare parts and vehicle maintenance, training equipment, laptops, Starlink Mini and the construction of protective structures.
The ranking of territorial communities in Lviv region for the first nine months of 2026 has been updated. Pidberiztsi community remains in the lead, while Slavske and Zolochiv communities have shown the greatest progress. The situation in each community of the region was analysed separately.
The Yurii Lypa Regional Hospital for War Veterans and Repressed Persons in Lviv has opened the “Povernennia” (“Return”) Mental Health Centre. This is already the 20th such centre in Ukraine. Here, service personnel, veterans and their family members will be able to receive psychological, psychosocial and psychiatric support free of charge.
Last week it became known that during the prisoner exchange on 23 October, Drohobych resident Taras Zvarychuk, who defended Ukraine as part of the Azov Regiment, returned home. At the Lviv Regional State Administration, a meeting was held with families of missing service personnel at the initiative of the public organisation “Free Everyone”. Representatives of institutions involved in the search for service personnel, the protection of families’ rights and the provision of social support joined the discussion.
Eleven warriors from Lviv district were awarded high state honours. Two defenders from Zolochiv district and six warriors from Sheptytskyi district were also decorated with state awards, sadly, posthumously. In addition, eight service personnel from Lviv district were posthumously honoured with distinguished awards and decorations.
Lviv region continues to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Throughout the week, various initiatives in support of male and female defenders took place across the region. During an air raid alert on 31 October, air defence forces shot down an enemy drone in Sheptytskyi district, and on the morning of 1 November another drone was destroyed in Lviv community. In total, six enemy drones entered the region’s airspace.
Military unit A4925 marked its third anniversary. Service personnel of the air defence unit were awarded letters of appreciation from the Lviv Regional State Administration for their constant monitoring of the airspace and destruction of enemy targets.
A delegation from the Republic of Moldova headed by Prime Minister Vasile Tofan visited Lviv region. The Moldovan side sees the region as a partner for expanding economic cooperation and is inviting local businesses to enter its market. The region was also visited on a working trip by the Minister of National Education of the Republic of Poland and the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine. They paid their respects at the Memorial to the Soldiers of the Ukrainian Galician Army, the Memorial to the Lviv Eaglets at Lychakiv Cemetery, and visited Lyceum No. 24 named after Maria Konopnicka in Lviv.
Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Andrii Butenko, together with regional representatives, visited the Heroes of Kruty Lyceum in Lviv. In the last academic year, lyceum students won 31 prize places in school Olympiads, and over 80% of this year’s graduates enrolled at higher education institutions in Ukraine’s security and defence sector.
The Czech Republic marked the 108th anniversary of the proclamation of the independence of the Czechoslovak state. Representatives of Lviv region personally congratulated their Czech partners, thanked them for their support for Ukraine, assistance to hospitals, veterans and civilians, as well as for joint medical and cultural projects.
Lviv region commemorated the 108th anniversary of the establishment of the Western Ukrainian People’s Republic. In Lviv, flowers were laid at the monument to the Heroes of the Western Ukrainian People’s Republic and the Ukrainian Galician Army, associated with the events of November 1918. Separately in Lviv, the memory of Ukrainian and Slovenian soldiers who died in wars was honoured; the event was attended by Mateja Prevolšek, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Slovenia to Ukraine.
At the Volodymyr Patyk Museum in Lviv, a barrier-free creative space has been set up in former semi-basement premises using regional budget funds. Masterclasses and cultural events will be held here. To mark the 100th anniversary of the museum’s patron, two exhibitions have been opened.
Laureates of the Regional Prize in the fields of culture, literature, art, journalism and architecture have been named in Lviv region. At St George’s Cathedral in Lviv, the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Prize was presented. This year it was awarded to historian Mykhailo Kril and patron Stepan Davymuka.
The veteran amputee football team from Lviv region “Pokrova AMP” has made it into the top five teams in Europe. The team took fifth place in the EAFF Champions League 2026 – one of the most prestigious European amputee football tournaments – and became the first Ukrainian club to take part in this competition.
Grandmaster from Lviv region Vasyl Ivanchuk has been inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame. The official ceremony took place in St Louis, USA.
The regional project “Therapy through Travel”, which helps male and female defenders to travel without barriers, has received a specially equipped Mercedes-Benz Sprinter minibus. The vehicle was provided by the Swiss non-governmental organisation Swiss for Ukraine, and the bus has been adapted for transporting people who use wheelchairs.
In Lviv region, ways to increase the region’s resilience to energy challenges were discussed. The discussion brought together representatives of energy companies, businesses, communities, deputies and experts. Their proposals will be taken into account in the preparation of the Lviv region Development Strategy for 2028–2034.
Training on responding to cyber incidents was held for local self-government bodies in the region. More than 70 people took part, including representatives of the Lviv Regional Military Administration and territorial communities responsible for cyber security.
Lviv hosted the “Live and Work in Ukraine” forum, where the opportunities offered by vocational education institutions were presented and employers’ needs discussed. Lviv region has 46 vocational education institutions, which together train around 9,000 learners each year, as well as 64 training and practical centres.
The region hosted the Lviv Medical Forum 2026. The main theme of the event was “Health economics. Management models. Investment and technologies in medicine”. Over the past five years, municipal medical institutions in Lviv region have undergone significant modernisation, provide high-quality medical care and compete with the private sector.
More than 700 representatives of the sports community, business and the media gathered for the 6th All-Ukrainian Sports Marketing Conference, which for the first time was held outside Kyiv – in Lviv region. The event was attended by Ukraine’s Minister of Youth and Sports, Matvii Bidnyi.
The Ivan Boberskyi Lviv State University of Physical Culture and Sport celebrated its 80th anniversary. Over this time, the institution has trained more than 20,000 graduates, including over 200 winners and medallists of the Olympic Games, World and European Championships. University staff were recognised for their many years of service.
On the eve of Social Workers’ Day, the region expressed its gratitude to specialists who provide social services every day. In just the first half of 2026 alone, they supported almost 28,000 people.
In Lublin, Poland, an exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian art entitled “Revision of Values: Ukrainian Expertise” has opened. Works by four Ukrainian artists are on display: Liubomyr Medvid, Heyza Derke, Taras Haida and Makar Moskaliuk.