Five killed, 37 wounded in Russian missile strike on Ukrainian city of Chernihiv

5 individuals had been killed and 37 wounded when a Russian missile struck a central sq. within the northern Ukrainian metropolis of Chernihiv, the inside ministry stated on Saturday.

Individuals had been on their solution to church to rejoice a non secular vacation when the strike came about, the ministry stated, including that 11 of the wounded had been kids.

“A Russian missile hit proper within the heart of the town, in our Chernihiv. A sq., the polytechnic college, a theatre,” President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was on a working go to to Sweden, posted on Telegram.

“An extraordinary Saturday, which Russia become a day of ache and loss,” he added.

A brief video accompanying Zelensky’s submit confirmed particles scattered throughout a sq. in entrance of the regional drama theatre, the place parked automobiles had been closely broken. One physique is also briefly seen within the video slouched inside a automotive.

Russia has attacked Ukrainian cities removed from the entrance line with missiles and drones as a part of its full-scale invasion launched in February 2022.