Peter Moore

On Easter Sunday, I called into the Church of St Clement Sheptytskyi and met Father Sebastian.

Father Sebastian is Lviv’s coolest priest and curator of the city’s biggest collection of icons.

He always pulls in a big crowd, more so over Easter.

Father Sebastian displays photos of fallen soldiers like saints.

Because that’s what he believes they are.

One thing I noticed around Lviv was that there were ample opportunities to donate to the war effort.

Some were manned by individuals, like this chap who reminded me a lot of Bill Bailey.

He’d set up shop on Ivana Pidkovy Square with an effigy of Putin and a collection of captured munitions. He was collecting money to buy supplies that he ferried to the front himself, as seen in the photos on his pinboard featuring him, the supplies, and grateful soldiers.

Elsewhere, it was just random pieces of kit. Like a remote-controlled drone vehicle, just sitting in the middle of Rynok Square.

Developed and built in Ukraine, these vehicles deliver supplies and bring back wounded soldiers without putting any operators at risk.

There was a plastic box where you could pop in some cash.

And a QR code if you wanted to pay online.

The preferred option, I had discovered, to pay for things in Ukraine.