On January 15, 2026, a Russian drone strike damaged buildings at Lviv Polytechnic University.

Photographs on the university’s Facebook account showed sixteen broken windows of academic buildings as well as internal damage to desks and other property.

Scholars at Risk is concerned about military forces targeting higher education facilities in armed conflict. Parties to a conflict may only attack legitimate military targets; where a party suspects that a civilian facility — such as a university building — is being used for military purposes, that party has a duty to take every action practicable to verify that this suspicion is correct before initiating an attack. In the event of such an attack, parties must take all practicable precautions to avoid or minimize damage to civilian facilities. Further, parties must refrain from launching attacks which may be expected to cause disproportionate damage to civilian facilities.

Sources:
https://24tv.ua/education/ru/ataka-dronov-na-lvov-15-janvarja-povrezhdeny-korpusa-lvovskoj-politehniki_n2989460
https://www.facebook.com/lvivpolytechnic/posts/pfbid02qRP6kkA4HkVv3DL66W7ZEXz3hYbG18LKUkppPpRqoNGi3MDFDZTWwpw4X1TqGdi7l?locale=uk_UA