On the morning of Saturday, August 19, the Russian army fired a ballistic missile at the center of Chernihiv, hitting the Drama Theater. The attack killed 6 people and injured at least 36.
This was reported by Espreso TV
As of 1:30 p.m., according to preliminary data, 6 people were killed in the Russian attack on Chernihiv. A 6-year-old girl’s heart stopped in the hospital. According to Klymenko, her mother is in extremely serious condition.
“The girl who died is the sixth victim, she was six years old. The patrol policemen tried to provide first aid, applied a tourniquet, there was a very large blood loss. Unfortunately, doctors could not save her,” said the Interior Minister.
Also, 36 people were injured and taken to hospitals. Among the injured are police officers and court security officers.
“These are all civilians who were either on the central square of Chernihiv or leaving the nearby church after the consecration of fruit,” explained the Interior Minister.
He noted that the Russian missile hit the theater on the city’s central square. The shock wave damaged the roofs of five-story buildings.
Earlier Klymenko confirmed that the Russian missile attack hit the Drama Theater in the center of Chernihiv. As of 1 p.m., there are 5 dead and 42 injured.
This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“This is what a neighborhood with a terrorist state is, this is what we unite the whole world against. A Russian missile hit right in the center of the city, in our Chernihiv. A square, the polytechnic university, a theater. An ordinary Saturday, which Russia turned into a day of pain and loss. There are dead, there are wounded. My condolences to those who lost loved ones! All services are on the site. Rescuers, police, doctors. Everyone who is needed. Let’s do even more to consolidate the world against Russian terror. Let’s give even more to our state to protect life. Russia must lose this war for life to win,” the president wrote.
According to him, there are dead and wounded as a result of the Russian strike.
The video from the scene released by the president shows the building of the Chernihiv Regional Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater named after Taras Shevchenko and smashed cars on Red (Theater) Square.
Earlier, the head of Chernihiv military administration Vyacheslav Chaus informed about this.
“The enemy attacked the center of Chernihiv. Probably, a ballistic missile,” he said at 11:41 a.m.
Chaus asked Chernihiv residents to stay in shelters.
According to Suspilne Chernihiv, there are wounded and dead people at the site of the strike.
The alert in the city of Chernihiv and Chernihiv region was announced at 11:20 a.m.. It still continues.
The news is being updated.
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