On May 13, 2026, a Russian drone attack damaged buildings at King Danylo University.

Photographs showed broken windows, doors, computer equipment, and furniture. No students or staff were reported injured, though students and staff were on campus at the time of the blast.

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://ukd.edu.ua/en/node/6072
https://ua.news/en/war-vs-rf/pid-chas-ataki-na-ivano-frankivsk-poraneno-pratsivnitsiu-suspilnogo