Ukraine war live: Fighting continues, as rescuers try to reach Mariupol survivors
Friday is the 23rd day of war in Ukraine, after the invasion launched by Moscow at the end of February.
The fighting has forced more than three million Ukrainians to flee their homes, with thousands of people killed or wounded and widespread damage in the wake of shelling and aerial bombardments.
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Residents of the western Ukraine city of Lviv have been woken by air raid sirens just before dawn on Friday morning.
The city has been spared fighting so far, and has become a last staging post for many refugees fleeing west into Poland just a short distance away.
Thick clouds of smoke were visible Friday morning in the Lviv airport area, but authorities have not yet released any information. The Russian army bombed a Ukrainian military base near Lviv last Sunday.
Italy's culture minister said his country will rebuild Mariupol theatre, which was badly damaged in a Russian bombing earlier this week.
Writing on Twitter, Dario Franceschini said that a proposal he made to the cabinet was approved, to offer Ukraine the "resources and means to rebuild it as soon as possible."
"Theatres of all countries belong to the whole humanity" he added.
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