What to know about Ukraine’s Lviv, struck by missiles when Biden was 250 miles away

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When two Russian missiles on Saturday struck Lviv — the largest city in western Ukraine and one that so far has been spared the worst of the war’s violence — alarm bells went off beyond the war zone.

In the month since Russia invaded Ukraine, the relatively safe city near the Polish border has been transformed into a hub for diplomats and international aid agencies. It’s become a destination for many of the millions of Ukrainians displaced from their homes, and a transit point for many of the roughly 3.5 million Ukrainians, mainly women and children, made refugees by the war.

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Rockets strike Lviv, indicating Russia’s unrelenting barrage

Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said the March 26 strikes were Russian President Vladimir Putin wanting “to say hello” to President Biden, who hours later forcefully condemned Putin in an address from Warsaw, Poland’s capital, some 250 miles away.

As the assault on Ukraine stretches into its second month, here’s what to know about Lviv, the Ukrainian city that’s become a pillar of support and refuge for a country at war.