Andriy Sadovyi
Andriy Sadovyi is a Ukrainian politician who has served as mayor of Lviv since 2006. He is the founder and leader of the Samopomich political party. He has been one of the most prominent figures in Ukrainian local government and a regular participant in national politics.
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Lviv street sweepers quit as State Treasury blocks over 1 billion hryvnias in city payments
Street sweepers in Lviv have begun quitting their jobs because they are not being paid, mayor Andriy Sadovyi said, blaming a freeze on city payments by the State Treasury Service. He appealed to the Ukrainian government to release more than 1 billion hryvnias in blocked funds, and by the evening of 19 October the Treasury had begun processing payments submitted up to 21 September, with about 20% of critical requests cleared.
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Russian jet drones strike Lviv Oblast twice in one day, damaging homes in two villages
Russian forces struck Lviv Oblast with jet-type drones in the early hours of 13 October. A downed drone fell on a house in the village of Muravane, igniting fires that damaged nine residential buildings and five cars. No casualties were reported. A second drone attack in the afternoon damaged houses in the village of Malekhiv. Both jet drones in the first strike were shot down by Ukrainian air defence.
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Suspected eavesdropping device found in Lviv mayor's official car
Lviv mayor Andriy Sadovyi announced that a device possibly used for eavesdropping, containing an antenna and a SIM card, was discovered in his official service car. Sadovyi turned to law enforcement about the find and publicly challenged authorities to reinstall the device if it was placed there legally. The discovery comes roughly a year after a similar suspected listening device was reportedly found in his office.