Europe must “wake up” and prepare for the possibility of a large-scale attack by Russia, the mayor of Lviv in western Ukraine has warned, as he said his city and country were bracing for the worst winter of their war with the Kremlin’s invasion force.
Andriy Sadovyi was running Lviv when it became a refuge for millions of Ukrainians at the start of the all-out war in February 2022, and has overseen its transformation into a hub for people involved in all aspects of the conflict, from building drones to treating the wounded and sharing lessons on how to survive modern warfare with city mayors and other officials from across Europe.
Unesco-listed Lviv is 900km from the front line but well within reach of Russia’s massive missile and drone arsenal: in early October it endured long blackouts after suffering its biggest air strike of the war
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