Lviv at breaking point

Hundreds of thousands of displaced people have flowed into Lviv since the invasion began

The western Ukrainian city of Lviv has reached the limit of its capacity to help refugees displaced by the Russian invasion, its mayor said on Monday, Qazet.az reports.

Hundreds of thousands of displaced people have flowed into Lviv since the invasion began, putting a huge strain on the city's resources.

Mayor Andriy Sadoviy said about 200,000 people were now staying in Lviv and about 50,000 were passing through the station every day.

"We understand there will be another wave," Mr Sadoviy said. He called on international humanitarian organisations to step up their assistance to the city.

On Monday morning, Viktoria Khrystenko, a city council official, told the BBC that all of the city's temporary shelter beds were taken, and she asked local businesses to open their shopfronts and storage units to take people in.