On that tragic night, the Ukrainian Air Force was able to destroy 7 out of 10 missiles. The Russian attack on Lviv damaged a very large condominium, in particular, in the area that is considered a World Heritage Site, the Lviv - Historical Centre Ensemble. In total, about 35 buildings have been severely damaged, and 50 apartments are uninhabitable. Residents left homeless and without anything are provided with temporary dormitory or campus accommodation for internally displaced persons or, if possible, other accommodation.
On the morning of 7 July, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the results of the rescue operation. According to the city council, 48 people reported injuries of varying severity. Of these, 6 remain in the city’s hospitals for treatment. The number of people killed as a result of the Russian missile attack in Lviv on the night of 6 July has risen to ten.
The Salesians in Lviv immediately took action to respond to the emergency and help the population without homes and unable to return. Those who were left homeless were temporarily housed on the campus for internally displaced persons located in the Stryjskyj public park. The Salesians distributed some hygiene products and organisd the canteen where the displaced people go to eat every day.
It should also be remembered that the Salesians in Lviv, with the help of the VIS – International Volunteer for Development NGO and Salesian Mission Offices, have provided for the distribution of meals to almost 1,000 internally displaced people in Ukraine from the first weeks of the war, The people are taken in at the Mariapolis modular camp in Lviv.
"The Sons of Don Bosco never back down and try to be continuously in solidarity with their own people who are tormented and suffering because of this war of aggression from Russia, which unfortunately does not stop and takes away so many innocent lives” concludes the Superior of the Greek-Catholic Mary Help of Christians Vice-Province, Fr Mykhaylo Chaban.
