CHERNIHIV: Seven folks together with a 6-year-old little one had been killed, a minimum of 129 wounded, and 41 had been in hospital after a Russian missile struck a central sq. within the historic northern Ukrainian metropolis of Chernihiv on Saturday, Ukrainian officers stated.
“A Russian missile hit proper within the centre of the town, in our Chernihiv. A sq., the polytechnic college, a theatre,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who was on a go to to Sweden, posted on Telegram messaging app.
“An odd Saturday, which Russia became a day of ache and loss,” he added of the strike on Chernihiv, a metropolis of leafy boulevards and centuries-old church buildings about 145 km (90 miles) north of the capital Kyiv.
Of the 129 counted as wounded within the search and rescue operation, 15 had been kids and 15 had been law enforcement officials, Inside Minister Ihor Klymenko stated on Telegram. Regional governor Viacheslav Chaus stated in a while Telegram that 140 folks had sought medical assist and 41 had been in hospital.
Particles was scattered throughout a sq. in entrance of the broken theatre and surrounding buildings, the place parked automobiles had been closely broken. A 63-year-old who solely gave her first identify, Valentyna, confirmed the broken balcony in her house reverse the theatre.
“It’s horrific. Horrific. There have been wounded, ambulances and damaged glass in right here. Nightmare. Simply nightmare,” she stated.
The roof of the neoclassical theatre was torn off by the strike.
Russia has attacked Ukrainian cities removed from the frontline with missiles and drones as a part of the full-scale invasion that started in February 2022.
Individuals leaving church after marking a spiritual vacation and others passing by had been amongst these harm when the missile hit the theatre, the place a gathering was happening, Chaus stated.
Regulation enforcement companies had been trying into how Russians turned conscious of the occasion, which he stated included enterprise and group representatives however Ukrainian media reported concerned drone producers. Each side have broadly used drones on the battlefield.
An occasion organizer stated all of the members, together with engineers, members of the army and volunteers, had been requested to go to an air raid shelter within the theatre when the alarm sounded, however some folks went outdoors.
“All those that took shelter remained secure,” Maria Berlinska, a co-founder of the Dignitas Fund, whose fundraising contains cash for drones for the frontline, stated in a Fb publish.
A wounded girl stated her pal pulled her out of one of many broken buildings after part of the ceiling fell on her head.
The streets had been stained with blood trails and strewn with scraps from first-aid provides that had been used to deal with the wounded.
Kyiv’s air pressure stated early on Saturday the Ukrainian army had shot down 15 out of 17 Iranian-made Shahed drones launched by Moscow in an in a single day strike.
In the meantime, Russia’s Defence Ministry stated on Saturday it had destroyed a Ukrainian drone within the Belgorod area and jammed one other close to Moscow. A 3rd struck a army airfield within the Novgorod area, damaging a warplane, it additionally stated.
“A Russian missile hit proper within the centre of the town, in our Chernihiv. A sq., the polytechnic college, a theatre,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who was on a go to to Sweden, posted on Telegram messaging app.
“An odd Saturday, which Russia became a day of ache and loss,” he added of the strike on Chernihiv, a metropolis of leafy boulevards and centuries-old church buildings about 145 km (90 miles) north of the capital Kyiv.
Of the 129 counted as wounded within the search and rescue operation, 15 had been kids and 15 had been law enforcement officials, Inside Minister Ihor Klymenko stated on Telegram. Regional governor Viacheslav Chaus stated in a while Telegram that 140 folks had sought medical assist and 41 had been in hospital.
Particles was scattered throughout a sq. in entrance of the broken theatre and surrounding buildings, the place parked automobiles had been closely broken. A 63-year-old who solely gave her first identify, Valentyna, confirmed the broken balcony in her house reverse the theatre.
“It’s horrific. Horrific. There have been wounded, ambulances and damaged glass in right here. Nightmare. Simply nightmare,” she stated.
The roof of the neoclassical theatre was torn off by the strike.
Russia has attacked Ukrainian cities removed from the frontline with missiles and drones as a part of the full-scale invasion that started in February 2022.
Individuals leaving church after marking a spiritual vacation and others passing by had been amongst these harm when the missile hit the theatre, the place a gathering was happening, Chaus stated.
Regulation enforcement companies had been trying into how Russians turned conscious of the occasion, which he stated included enterprise and group representatives however Ukrainian media reported concerned drone producers. Each side have broadly used drones on the battlefield.
An occasion organizer stated all of the members, together with engineers, members of the army and volunteers, had been requested to go to an air raid shelter within the theatre when the alarm sounded, however some folks went outdoors.
“All those that took shelter remained secure,” Maria Berlinska, a co-founder of the Dignitas Fund, whose fundraising contains cash for drones for the frontline, stated in a Fb publish.
A wounded girl stated her pal pulled her out of one of many broken buildings after part of the ceiling fell on her head.
The streets had been stained with blood trails and strewn with scraps from first-aid provides that had been used to deal with the wounded.
Kyiv’s air pressure stated early on Saturday the Ukrainian army had shot down 15 out of 17 Iranian-made Shahed drones launched by Moscow in an in a single day strike.
In the meantime, Russia’s Defence Ministry stated on Saturday it had destroyed a Ukrainian drone within the Belgorod area and jammed one other close to Moscow. A 3rd struck a army airfield within the Novgorod area, damaging a warplane, it additionally stated.
