On the morning of April 17, Russian troops attacked the center of Chernihiv with three cruise missiles. An eight-story building was destroyed, four high-rise buildings, a hospital, a higher education institution, dozens of cars were damaged. As of 17:00 famouslyAbout 17 dead, 61 people injured, three of them children.
In particular, employees of the university and medical institution were affected. This was reported by the head of the Chernihiv OVA Vyacheslav Chaus in his Telegram. Medics, rescuers, psychologists and volunteers work on site. Light and gas were turned off in the area of the arrivals, “to prevent more destruction.”
Minister of Internal Affairs Igor Klymenko reportedAmong the dead was a 25-year-old police lieutenant. The girl died from the fall of a rocket fragment on the roof of her car.
Six people are believed to be missing. “Under the rubble of the partially destroyed building, people are likely to continue to be,” reports the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stressed that if Ukraine had received enough air defense equipment, there would not be so many casualties in Chernihiv.
“Chernihiv. Unfortunately, the death toll may increase. And this would not happen if Ukraine received enough air defense equipment and if the determination of the world in countering Russian terror was also sufficient,” he wrote in the telegram.
“Three days ago in the Middle East, we saw what reliable protection of human lives from missiles looks like. Ukraine's partners have the necessary means to help us save Ukrainian lives with the same level of efficiency,” the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine wrote on the social network “X” Dmytro Kuleba.
At the site of the enemy attack, points of invulnerability and points of psychological assistance are deployed.
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Researcher of the topic, author of the text: Vira Labych
Bildeditor: Vyacheslav Ratynskyi
Literary Editor: Julia Futei
Site Manager: Vladislav Kuhar
On the morning of April 17, Russian troops attacked the center of Chernihiv with three cruise missiles. An eight-story building was destroyed, four high-rise buildings, a hospital, a higher education institution, dozens of cars were damaged. As of 17:00 famouslyAbout 17 dead, 61 people injured, three of them children.
In particular, employees of the university and medical institution were affected. This was reported by the head of the Chernihiv OVA Vyacheslav Chaus in his Telegram. Medics, rescuers, psychologists and volunteers work on site. Light and gas were turned off in the area of the arrivals, “to prevent more destruction.”
Minister of Internal Affairs Igor Klymenko reportedAmong the dead was a 25-year-old police lieutenant. The girl died from the fall of a rocket fragment on the roof of her car.
Six people are believed to be missing. “Under the rubble of the partially destroyed building, people are likely to continue to be,” reports the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stressed that if Ukraine had received enough air defense equipment, there would not be so many casualties in Chernihiv.
“Chernihiv. Unfortunately, the death toll may increase. And this would not happen if Ukraine received enough air defense equipment and if the determination of the world in countering Russian terror was also sufficient,” he wrote in the telegram.
“Three days ago in the Middle East, we saw what reliable protection of human lives from missiles looks like. Ukraine's partners have the necessary means to help us save Ukrainian lives with the same level of efficiency,” the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine wrote on the social network “X” Dmytro Kuleba.
At the site of the enemy attack, points of invulnerability and points of psychological assistance are deployed.
The material was worked on:
Researcher of the topic, author of the text: Vira Labych
Bildeditor: Vyacheslav Ratynskyi
Literary Editor: Julia Futei
Site Manager: Vladislav Kuhar
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