The latest attack on the historic northern city came as people were on their way to church to celebrate a religious holiday. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it had caused 'a day of pain and loss'.
The latest attack on the historic northern city came as people were on their way to church to celebrate a religious holiday. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it had caused"a day of pain and loss".
0:46A six-year-old girl is among seven people who died after a Russian missile strike on the historic city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine.People had been on their way to church to celebrate a religious holiday when the strike hit, Ukraine interior's ministry has said.Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted on Telegram while on a trip to Sweden:"A Russian missile hit right in the centre of the city, in our Chernihiv. A square, the polytechnic university, a theatre.
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