7 killed, 90 wounded in contemporary Russian missile strikes on Ukraine

Seven folks, together with a 6-year-old baby, have been killed and 90 wounded when a Russian missile struck a central sq. within the historic northern Ukrainian metropolis of Chernihiv, the inside ministry mentioned on Saturday.

People had been on their approach to church to have fun a non secular vacation when the strike came about, the ministry mentioned, including 12 of the wounded have been youngsters and 10 have been cops.

“A Russian missile hit right in the centre of the city, in our Chernihiv. A square, the polytechnic university, a theatre,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who was on a working go to to Sweden, posted on Telegram.

“An ordinary Saturday, which Russia turned into a day of pain and loss,” he added.

A brief video accompanying Zelenskiy’s put up confirmed particles scattered throughout a sq. in entrance of the regional drama theatre, the place parked vehicles have been closely broken. The video additionally briefly confirmed a physique slouched inside a automotive.

Chernihiv is a metropolis of leafy boulevards and centuries-old church buildings about 145 km (90 miles) north of the capital Kyiv. The inside ministry mentioned the roof of the drama theatre had been destroyed within the strike.

Russia has attacked Ukrainian cities removed from the entrance line with missiles and drones as a part of the invasion it launched in February final 12 months.

Kyiv’s air pressure mentioned 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.

Edited By:

Sudeep Lavania

Published On:

Aug 19, 2023