UNESCO on Thursday condemned Russia’s bombing of a “historic building” in Lviv, western Ukraine, and expressed condolences to the families of the five victims, AFP reports.

The UNESCO logo at the organization’s headquarters in ParisPhoto: Alain JOCAR / AFP / Profimedia

“This attack, the first in an area protected by the World Heritage Convention since the start of the war on February 24, 2022, is a violation of this convention,” the Paris-based UN organization responded.

The Russian strike also violates the 1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.

A Russian strike overnight on the city of Lviv, a large city in the country’s west that is rarely bombed, killed five people in the most devastating attack on the region since the start of the war, according to reports. the Ukrainian authorities.

The Russian military announced that they shelled the places of “temporary deployment” of the Ukrainian military.

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