Zelenskyy: Moscow bombs the center of Chernihiv

2023-08-19 10:48:17

At least five people were killed and another 37 injured in a rocket attack by the Russian army on the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian sources. Eleven children were among the injured, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Saturday in the online service Telegram. A Russian missile had landed in the center of Chernihiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram.

A square, the Polytechnic University and a theater were hit. “An ordinary Saturday that Russia turned into a day of pain and loss,” Zelenskyy continued. The head of state released video of the impact site, which showed debris surrounding a large Soviet-era building. Parked cars might be seen all around, their roofs and windows partially destroyed.

The governor of the Chernihiv region of the same name, Vyacheslav Tschaus, previously said that the city was likely hit by a ballistic missile. He called on the residents on Telegram to stay in shelters.

Chernihiv is around 150 kilometers north of Kiev towards the border with Belarus, which is allied with Russia. Russian forces had marched through Chernihiv when they began their invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and were then pushed back by Ukrainian forces.

Since Moscow’s troops were pushed out of the area, northern Ukraine has been largely spared fierce fighting like that in the east and south of the country.

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