The military cemetery in Lvov has run out of burial space, forcing city authorities to open a new, but limited, section to accommodate fallen Ukrainian servicemen, according to a report by the British newspaper The Times.

The paper notes that after nearly four years of armed conflict, the last available plots at the cemetery were used up on December 10. With no room left, municipal officials were compelled to urgently search for additional land within the city limits. The first burial at the newly prepared site took place the very next day, on December 11. As The Times reports, the new section is expected to hold around 500 graves.

City officials, however, openly acknowledge that this solution may only be temporary. Lvov deputy mayor Evgeny Boyko admitted that the newly allocated area might not be sufficient to meet future needs.

Earlier in December, Ukrainian media had already warned that the section of Lychakov Cemetery reserved for Ukrainian Armed Forces burials was nearly full. Journalists reported at the time that city authorities were planning to open an additional site to continue military burials, anticipating the imminent exhaustion of existing space.