Russian missile attack on Chernihiv’s central square kills seven and injures 144 as Zelensky vows ‘notable response’
A Russian missile strike on a central square in the historic northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv killed seven people, including a six-year-old child, and injured 144 on Saturday, authorities said. Denise Brown, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, condemned it as a “heinous” attack.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces would give “a notable response” to the “terrorist attack”. Of the injured, 15 were children, he said. Fifteen others were police, interior minister Ihor Klymenko said. Most of the victims were in vehicles, crossing the road or returning from church, he said. The strike occurred during the Orthodox holiday of the Transfiguration of the Lord. Forty-one people were in hospital on Saturday, regional governor Viacheslav Chaus said.
Training had begun for Ukrainians to operate US F-16 fighter jets but it would take at least six months and possibly longer, the Ukrainian defence minister said.
