Seven killed in Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s Chernihiv

AFP

Seven individuals have been killed, 144 wounded and 41 hospitalised after a Russian missile struck a central sq. within the historic northern Ukrainian metropolis of Chernihiv on Saturday, Ukrainian officers stated.

“I am sure our soldiers will give a response to Russia for this terrorist attack,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated in his nightly video tackle, delivered early on Sunday on the finish of a go to to Sweden. “A notable response.”

He stated that of the 144 individuals injured, 15 have been kids. Fifteen others have been law enforcement officials, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko stated on Telegram. Klymenko stated many of the victims have been in autos, crossing the highway, or coming back from church.

Regional governor Viacheslav Chaus stated 41 individuals have been in hospital on Saturday.

Zelenskiy stated the strike on Chernihiv, a metropolis of leafy boulevards and centuries-old church buildings about 145 km north of Kyiv, coincided with the Orthodox vacation of the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord.

Debris was scattered throughout a sq. in entrance of the broken theatre and surrounding buildings, the place parked autos have been closely broken.

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.

People leaving church and others passing by have been amongst these harm when the missile hit the theatre, the place a gathering was going down, Chaus stated.

Law enforcement businesses have been trying into how Russians grew to become conscious of the occasion, which he stated included enterprise and group representatives however Ukrainian media reported concerned drone producers. Both sides have broadly used drones on the battlefield.

An occasion organiser stated all of the individuals, together with engineers, members of the army and volunteers, have been requested to go to an air raid shelter within the theatre when the alarm sounded, however some individuals went exterior.

The streets have been stained with blood trails and strewn with scraps from first-aid provides that had been used to deal with the wounded.